OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221601495

DUSTY GRUBBS

CLEVES, OH— 2023-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Harness, Head, Installing, Lifeline, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Remodel, Residential Construction, Roof, Roof Opening, Roofer, Skylight, Training, Untrained, Work Surface
NAICS: 236118
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346990641
Employer profile: DUSTY GRUBBS
Summary number: 221601495
Report ID: 0522000
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through skylight opening

Investigation abstract

At 9:44 a.m. on September 21, 2023, an employee working as a roofer for a residential remodeler was working on the top of a detached garage replacing a roof. The employee was working with a crew that included two coworkers when he fell approximately 12 feet through a skylight opening. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time of the fall and did not receive training on fall protection and the hazards associated with falls. The employee sustained a concussion and died as a result of his injuries

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
12

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