OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221634652

JOSE MONTANYA

MONTEBELLO, CA— 2023-10-16T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Torch
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347232738
Employer profile: JOSE MONTANYA
Summary number: 221634652
Report ID: 0950644
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from head injury after falling off roof

Investigation abstract

At 2:03 p.m. on October 16, 2023, an employee working as a roofer helper for a roofing contractor was assisting a roofing crew. The employee was holding a torch helping coworkers with placing tar paper on the top of a roof to prepare for placement of roof tiles. A coworker turned around to check on the employee but did not see him. The coworker noticed the torch was sitting on the roof facing up. The employee had fallen approximately 10 to 12 feet from the roof and died from blunt force trauma to his head from impact with the ground.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 69 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
795

Fall distance
11

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