OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221630163

ROOFING NINJAS TX

GEORGETOWN, TX— 2023-08-11T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Anchor, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building Collapse, Construction, Contusion, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Structural Collapse, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347165813
Employer profile: ROOFING NINJAS TX
Summary number: 221630163
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall, awning collapses

Investigation abstract

At 6:40 p.m. on August 11, 2023, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was installing new shingles and flashing on a window awning on a 3rd story multi-family residential building. The roofer unhooked from his lanyard that was attached to an aerial lift and stepped out of the lift onto the awning. The awning collapsed and the roofer fell approximately 30 feet to the ground The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
30

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