OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211957
CUSTOM INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT INC
LOCKBOURNE, OH·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM BEAM
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 8, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1, AN IRON WORKER (CONNECTOR), WAS WORKING AT RICK ENBACKER AFB, OHIO, INSTALLING EXTERIOR CONVEYOR PLATFORMS AT COLUMN LINE 25. HE FELL TO HIS DEATH FROM A STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAM WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE A 3/8 INCH SHIM UNDER EACH CORNER OF THE PLATFORM, BETWEEN THE PLATFORM AND THE BEAM. NO FALL PROTECTION HAD BEEN PROVIDED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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