OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221528482

MOSES KING, JR. DBA MOSES KING, LLC

CHICAGO, IL— 2023-01-11T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Roof, Roofer
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346435688
Employer profile: MOSES KING, JR. DBA MOSES KING, LLC
Summary number: 221528482
Report ID: 0521700
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 2:35 p.m. on January 11, 2023, an employee, a roofer, was working near the south edge of the roof when he fell 36-feet, 11-inches to the concrete sidewalk below. The employee was transferred by emergency medical services to a nearby hospital and was declared dead due to multiple blunt force injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
37

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