OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14209498
RAYMOND A FEICHTMEIR & PENTRON CORP DBA SNOW MOUNT
HINES, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM MACHINE COVER; STRUCK HEAD ON CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10 PM ON JUNE 22, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES FRO M A FALL WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE INSTALLATION OF A CATWALK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS AP PARENTLY DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF A CATWALK FLOOR GRATING WHILE HE WAS STANDIN G ON TOP OF A TRIMMER SAW MAINTENANCE ACCESS COVER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST A STEEL SLOPE PLATE ATTACHED TO A CONVEYOR , LOCATED 9 FEET BELOW THE ACCESS COVER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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