OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221573959

BRENT SKABELUND ROOFING LLC

FISH HAVEN, ID— 2023-06-20T00:00:00

Event: Brain, Brain Bleed, Fall, Handrail, Internal Bleeding, Roof, Slip, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346783202
Employer profile: BRENT SKABELUND ROOFING LLC
Summary number: 221573959
Report ID: 1032500
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from rooftop

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on June 20, 2023, an employee was standing on a section of the roof with a 4/12 pitch and placing metal flashing in the transition portion of the roof above the entrance of the cabin. The employee slipped while working and the force of his legs swinging off and below the roof line caused him to fling backward. The employee hit a stair railing below the area he was working and struck his upper back/lower neck on the railing, causing his death. The employee suffered a hemorrhage/internal bleeding to the brain.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 21 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
16

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