OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221550858

AVADEK INC.

BRYAN, TX— 2022-10-31T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Surface, Counterweight, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Internal Injuries, Lanyard, Leg, Load Shift, Metal Sheet, Pelvis, Repair, Wire Rope
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346299779
Employer profile: AVADEK INC.
Summary number: 221550858
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from canopy

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 a.m. on October 31, 2022, an employee was laying on a board attached to a counterweight realigning an aluminum metal canopy tubing above the entranceway of a sports complex. The employee had a harness, redactable lanyard, and wire rope attached to the counterweight system. The aluminum tubing shifted and employee fell 35 feet to a cement walkway. The employee died due to multiple internal injuries to organs and fractures to his back, chest, pelvis, and legs.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
35

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