Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 117421.015 - Employee On Roof And Removing Gutters Is Killed In Fall

**Accident: 117421.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/25/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1410991.015	06/26/2019		Alex Gutters And Ironworks, Llc

At 11:00 a.m. on June 25, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a building gutters comp any, was on the roof of a three-story multifamily residential structure and star ting to remove old gutters. As the gutters gave way, Employee #1 fell head firs t, a fall height of 30 feet. He sustained a fatal skull fracture.

Keywords: construction, dismantling, fall, fall protection, falling object, fracture, head, maintenance, material handling, repair, roof, skull

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1410991.015	44	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: 30 FallHt:30 Cause: Waterproofing FatCause:

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