OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221556046

GONZALEZ FRAMING, LLC

AUSTIN, TX— 2022-12-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Construction, Cover, Debris, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor Hole, Head, Residential Construction, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346402266
Employer profile: GONZALEZ FRAMING, LLC
Summary number: 221556046
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee falls through hole in floor, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on December 15, 2022, an employee was picking up debris and putting it into a wooden trash box on the third level of the new residential building construction. The employee fell through an unsecured cover that was not completely covering a large hole and fell approximately 24 feet to the lower level. The employee was initially hospitalized with serious head and brain injuries but subsequently died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
24

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