Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 128792.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Roof

**Accident: 128792.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/20/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1489021.015	08/20/2020		Agustin Morales

At 9:30 a.m. on August 20, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was engaged in re-roofing activity at an existing two-story residential structure, a multi-employer renovation project. He was walking on the roof and carrying ol d shingles that had been removed from the roof when he fell, a fall height of 13 feet, and struck his head on the concrete surface. Employee #1 sustained a fra ctured skull and was killed.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, concrete, demolition, dismantling, fall, fall protection, fracture, material handling, repair, residential construction, roofer, skull, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			2	13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1489021.015	49	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	FallDist: 13 FallHt:13 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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