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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278170

LOADING,PLATFORM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
LOADING,PLATFORM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14278170
Report ID
112000

Event description

Employee killed in 7-story fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was loading a pump jack onto a metal platform when the platform swun g out, causing him and the pump jack truck to fall seven stories. Employee #1 st ruck a platform on the fourth level and landed on the roof of the company truck. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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