OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308605
PLATFORM,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,CONCUSSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM RAISED PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
On July 15, 1988, Employee #1 of the Edge Mechanical Machinery Movers Inc., was working on a raised platform when he was killed after falling through a defectiv e railing.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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