OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221581416

Z-ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC.

MELBOURNE, FL— 2023-07-17T00:00:00

Event: Bucket, Commercial Building, Construction, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Ladder, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Roofer, Unstable Load, Weather
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346837313
Employer profile: Z-ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC.
Summary number: 221581416
Report ID: 0419730
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed from head trauma in fall off ladder from

Investigation abstract

At 2:40 p.m. on July 17, 2023, an employee working as a roofer with a roofing contractor crew was working on a roof of a commercial building. The crew saw bad weather moving in and started to come off the roof. They were bringing down 5-gallon buckets of silicone by descending an aluminum extension ladder while carrying the buckets. The employee and the ladder fell to the left and the employee struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee died from head injuries from impact with the floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

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