OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203384
H & L CORPORATION
BEAVERTON, OR·
Event description
WELDING STEEL DECKING
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 7, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MAKING PUDDLE WELD S TO A STEEL DECKED ROOF ALONG THE SOUTH OPEN SIDED EDGE WORKING IN A EAST DIREC TION AT 28 FEET. NO FULL PROTECTION IMPLEMENTED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST BURNT THRO UGH THE STEEL DECKING APPROXIMATELY 2' FEET FROM THE SE EDGE, THE WELD WAS NOT C OMPLETE. THE EMPLOYEE FELL OVER THE EAST EDGE OF THE ROOF LANDING ON THE LEFT SI DE OF HIS HEAD AND EVENTUALLY DIED FROM SEVERAL SKULL FRACTURES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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