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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255285

FALL,BRIDGE

Event
FALL,BRIDGE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14255285
Report ID
453710

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11 AM ON MARCH 26,1987, EMPLOYEE #1 GOT UP FROM HER DESK AND WA LKED OUT ONTO A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. SHE PUT HER HANDS ON THE RAIL, LEANED HER HEA D OVER THE RAIL AND FELL 46.5 FEET TO THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL. SHE WAS KILLED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 F

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    313
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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