OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221554868

RNA MECHANICAL, INC

JERSEY VILLAGE, TX— 2023-04-12T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Installing, Tripped, Walking Backward
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346634835
Employer profile: RNA MECHANICAL, INC
Summary number: 221554868
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from elevation

Investigation abstract

At 2:16 p.m. on April 12, 2023, an employee was installing a thermostat line. The employee was walking backwards to uncoil the spool of wire he was going to install. He misjudged how close he was to the edge of the roof and fell backwards off the roof after tripping on a short parapet wall. He was killed due to blunt force trauma to the head and body.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 65 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
29

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