OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221597156

RYNO CONSTRUCTION, LLC

CHATTANOOGA, TN— 2023-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Construction, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Ladder, Residential Construction, Work Surface
NAICS: 236210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346962517
Employer profile: RYNO CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number: 221597156
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies from head and back trauma in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on August 25, 2023, an employee working as an electrician for an industrial building contractor was using a ladder to travel between the first and second floor of a multi-family residential building. The employee fell from the ladder from an unknown height and struck the concrete floor below. The employee died from head trauma and back fractures.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
575

Fall distance
15

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