OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233043
PENNSYLVANIA STEEL TECHNOLOGIES
STEELTON, PA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was placing spacer bars on top of 88 ft long rails 6 ft above the gr ound. He was found lying on his back with a fractured skull after apparently fal ling and striking his head on the rails used as a walkway. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he died 17 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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