OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221599749

BBC CONSTRUCTION

ALPINE, CA— 2023-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Carpenter, Collapse, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Renovation, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Structural Collapse
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346979669
Employer profile: BBC CONSTRUCTION
Summary number: 221599749
Report ID: 0950632

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall when scaffold collaps

Investigation abstract

At 12:25 p.m. on September 14, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer for a general construction contractor was performing carpentry work during a home renovation. The employee was a fulltime employee for the employer. The employee had started his regular shift and, according to a coworker who saw him last, was working from a scaffold. The employee had finished his work and was putting his tools away when the scaffold collapsed. The employee fell 15 feet and sustained a serious injury to his head, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
869

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