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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14257919

WALL,FALL,CRANE

Event
WALL,FALL,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14257919
Report ID
317900

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH WALL OPENING

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on an 18-inch concrete beam signaling a crane. The beam was at the bottom of an 8-foot-wide by 18-foot-high wall opening. Employee #1 f ell backwards out of the opening to his death 47 ft below.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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