OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221542459

ABATEX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.

PROVIDENCE, UT— 2023-02-27T00:00:00

Event: Asbestos Removal, Broken Bone, Building, Building Collapse, Concussion, Construction, Contusion, Crushed, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Removal, Removing, Residential Construction, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Supervisor, Work Surface
NAICS: 562910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346538671
Employer profile: ABATEX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.
Summary number: 221542459
Report ID: 0854910
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed by roof during asbestos abat

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 p.m. on February 27, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor for an killed. environmental remediation contractor was removing asbestos containing siding material from a garage. The garage was built sometime around the 1940s or 1950s and was attached to a building built in the early 1900s. The employee was standing on a ladder working inside the garage, which had a heavy snow load on the roof. As the employee attempted to remove the siding from behind a 2-inch by 12-inch wooden beam which attached the garage roof to the house, the structural integrity of the roof was compromised. The roof collapsed and crushed the employee. The employee sustained a concussion and multiple broken bones and was

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 52 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
448

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