OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14250278
LIFELINE,SAFETY BELT,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TOWER
Event description
FELL 52 FEET FROM CONSTRUCTION TOWER
Investigation abstract
AN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY WAS USING AN ASSEMBLY TOWER TO BUILD A TOBACC HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL APPROXIMATELY 52 FEET TO THE CONCRETE BASE AT T HE BOTTOM OF THE ASSEMBLY TOWER. HE WAS KILLED. O PRESS. THE TOWER WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET HIGH AND 60 FEET WIDE. ACCESS TO TH E TOBACCO PRESS WAS BY A SPIRAL CATWALK LEADING FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER. A FOUR INCH ANGLE IRON, 71 INCHES LONG, HAD BEEN WELDED BETWEEN THE U PPER MAINTENANCE WORK PLATFORM AND THE CATWALK TO ASSURE GROUNDING WHEN ARC WELD ING WAS IN PROCESS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING THE TOBACCO PRESS'S HYDRAUL IC SYSTEM. HE WAS NOT USING ANY TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION (SAFETY BELT, LIFELINE A ND LANYARD). EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO STEP ON THE ANGLE IRON SO THAT HE COULD MOVE F ROM THE CATWALK TO THE EDGE OF PRESS'S WORK PLATFORM. HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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