OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221599830

BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT, INC.

BUFORD, GA— 2023-09-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Ladder, Roof
NAICS: 561710
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #346979941
Employer profile: BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT, INC.
Summary number: 221599830
Report ID: 0418100

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 p.m. on September 15, 2023, an employee was going up a 24-foot extended ladder to get to the lower roof line of a two-story house to finish the pest exclusion process. The employee fell off the ladder while working around the roof of a two-story house, falling approximately 8 feet and striking his head against the concrete floor. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma with craniocerebral injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
5

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