OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232953
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL TECHNOLOGIES
STEELTON, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 climbed over the guardrail of a work platform after a molten metal s plash emergency. He lost his grip, fell approximately 45 feet to the floor, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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