Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1602868.015 - Lee Company

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Nashville Office - Safety

Investigation Summary

At 9:15 a.m. on June 17, 2022, an employee who worked for an HVAC contractor was utilizing a Trimble Unit to mark the locations of plumbing components such as PEX chairs and sleeves. The employee had his back turned when he was struck by a load of 4-foot by 8-ffot decking sheets. The load of decking sheets was being offloaded on the 31st floor by a crane operator. The employee was pushed from the 28th floor approximately 30-feet down a stairwell shaft that was under construction. The employee struck his head on the steps and his legs on the wooden stair railing on the outside perimeter of the stairs. The employee broke his legs on the top and middle rail of the 28th floor guardrail system due to the fall. In addition, multiple decking sheets fell down the unfinished stairwell shaft hitting multiple shoring posts and destroying the existing guardrail systems from the 31st to the 28th floor. Overall, the employee encurred head and lead injuries and whole body impact from being struck-by the load and the fall and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Construction, Crane, Crane Load, Crane Operator, Decking, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Flying Object, HVAC, Head, Leg, Material Handling, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Struck Against, Struck By, Suspended Load, Torso, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Work Surface