OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305999
MCCONNEL & JOHNSON INC
RIPLEY, TN·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when staging rope breaks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inside a water tank when a rope supporting his staging broke. Em ployee #1, who was not wearing his safety belt at the time, fell approximately 6 0 feet and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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