OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221529423
AIRE MAX ENTERPRISES LLC
HOUSTON, TX—
Event description
Employee dies after sustaining blunt force head injuries in
Investigation abstract
At 4:12 p.m. on January 13, 2023, an employee and a coworker were on the roof of a warehouse, perming refrigeration repair work. As the employee was exiting the roof to retrieve additional tools, he stepped and fell through a fiberglass skylight. No fall protection system was being utilized, and the employee fell approximately 18 feet to a concrete surface below. The employee sustained blunt force head trauma and was transported to the hospital, where he later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 889
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