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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212930

SKYLIGHT,CLEANING,SLIP,TRIPPED,FALL

Event
SKYLIGHT,CLEANING,SLIP,TRIPPED,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14212930
Report ID
521700

Event description

Employee killed in fall while cleaning skylight

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning the glass panes of a tenth floor ceiling skylight while standing on the frame. He either slipped off the side frame or tripped and fell through one of the glass panes and landed on a plywood floor, which was on the sixth floor, a distance of about 60 ft. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
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    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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