Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 157919.015 - Employee is killed in fall to lower level

Accident Summary Nr: 157919.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 06/30/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1681878.015	07/10/2023		321999	Zeager Bros., Inc.

Abstract: At 5:14 p.m. on June 30, 2023, an employee was performing roof repair work to a trailer. The employee, a maintenance manager, was performing caulking repair work on top of a dry van trailer at approximately 13.5 feet from the lower level with a coworker, a maintenance worker. As the employee attempted to dismount from the trailer roof onto the extension ladder, he fell and landed on the ground below. He was transported to the hospital and was pronounced dead on July 8, 2023 due to severe head trauma.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Ladder, Maintenance, Repair, Roof, Trailer

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1681878.015	65	M	Fatality		Machinery maintenance occupations

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