OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221569700

IRON CORE CONSTRUCTION

ONEIDA, TN— 2023-06-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Installing, Roof, Roof Panel, Screw, Skylight
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346751589
Employer profile: IRON CORE CONSTRUCTION
Summary number: 221569700
Report ID: 0454714
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee falls through skylight, dies next day

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on June 2, 2023, Employee #1 was installing screws to a finished metal roof panel on a roof at a commercial job site, when he reached for something. Employee#1 fell head-first through a skylight opening, covered by insulation, to the concrete floor approximately 20 feet below. Employee#1 impacted the concrete floor headfirst and was hospitalized with extensive head trauma and died the following day due to his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
20

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