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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 119569.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall Through Skylight

**Accident: 119569.015 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 08/20/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1428395.015	08/20/2019		Mcallen Valley Roofing

At 10:00 a.m. on August 20, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, us ed a ladder to access the roof of a one-story commercial building. He fell thro ugh a skylight, a fall height of 25 feet. Employee #1 sustained trauma to the h ead and multiple internal organs and was killed.

Keywords: construction, fall, fall protection, head, ladder, roof, skylight, torso, unguarded, unguarded fl opening

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1428395.015	59	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: 25 FallHt:25 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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