OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221572613
COMMUNITY SCHOOL
ROANOKE, VA—
Event description
Employee dies from head and neck injuries from unknown cause
Investigation abstract
At 5:30 p.m. on May 23, 2023, an employee working as a teacher for a community school is reported to have been possibly following a student who was leaving campus. The employee was found unconscious in an awkward position over a 3-foot tall chain link fence. The employee had died from an atlanto-axial dislocation and intracranial hemorrhage. The circumstances that caused the employee to be found in that condition were unknown at the time the narrative was submitted.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 F
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 137
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