Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221589575

ON SHORE ROOFING SPECIALISTS, INC.

Event
Contact, Electric Arc, Electric Arc Flash, Electrocuted, Ladder, Lowering, Power Lines, Repair, Roof, Roofer
NAICS
238160
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346902679
Employer profile
ON SHORE ROOFING SPECIALISTS, INC.
Summary number
221589575
Report ID
0418800
Project type
B
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee is electrocuted while repairing metal roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on August 3, 2023, an employee, a roofer, was performing repairs on a metallic roof and was lowering a 33-foot-long metallic ladder to move it to another building when the ladder got too close to an electrical line. An electric arc flash occurred, and the employee was electrocuted.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    869

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