OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221566979
CST INDUSTRIES, INC.
EPHRATA, PA—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At 2:22 p.m. on May 25, 2023, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing metal due to multiple traumatic injuries. cap paneling on a wastewater treatment tank. As they were facing each other near the roof peak, standing on the roof braces beneath the panel, Employee #1 side-stepped down the panel. The far edge broke loose and fell inwards, and the panel beneath Employee #1' fell to the bottom of the pit. The roof panel remained attached on the side Employee #1 was standing and acted like a ramp for the employee to slide down on and into the pit. Employee #1 was wearing a harness attached to a safety rope. A coworker indicated the "rope catch" did not work properly and failed to stop Employee #1 descent. The employee was killed
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 869
- Fall distance
- 18
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