OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589559

DUKE PACIFIC, INC.

SYLMAR, CA— 2023-08-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Decking, Decking Panel, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Roof, Roof Decking, Roofer
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346903420
Employer profile: DUKE PACIFIC, INC.
Summary number: 221589559
Report ID: 0950643
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 9:09 a.m. on August 2, 2023, an employee, a roofer, was laying sheet decking on the roof of a new commercial structure when he fell with a decking sheet 50 feet onto a concrete floor. The employee died due to traumatic injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7004

Fall distance
50

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