OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221582893

SUMMIT ROOFING SOLUTIONS, LLC.

CAPE CORAL, FL— 2023-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Complication, Heat, Heat Injury Prevention Program, Heat-related illness, Hyperthermia, Weather
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346850159
Employer profile: SUMMIT ROOFING SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Summary number: 221582893
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from complications of hyperthermia while worki

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on June 23, 2023, an employee was picking up roof debris at ground level and then climbed up to the top of the roof to assist in roof tile removal. The employee began to feel sick. The employee died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy due to complications of hyperthermia, anamnestic, due to environmental heat exposure while working outdoors.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
14

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