OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221583594

YODER ROOFING

CLAYTON, MI— 2023-07-24T00:00:00

Event: Barn, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Head, Metal Sheet, Removing, Roof, Roof Decking, Roof Opening, Roofer
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346855463
Employer profile: YODER ROOFING
Summary number: 221583594
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through barn roof gap during roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on July 24, 2023, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was removing metal sheeting material from a barn canopy roof structure. The employee fell through a gap in the roofing to the barn floor below. He died due to head trauma from impact with the barn floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

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