OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314579
CORNELL HEGARTY, KOCH JOINT VENTURE
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from elevated work area
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an ironworker, was working from a platform installed beneath the de ck of a bridge. He, another ironworker, and an engineer were servicing a punch l ist of improperly torqued bolts. Employee #1 was climbing from the inner decked platform to the outer decked platform through a 21-inch space between the struct ural steel member over which he was climbing and the closest plank. As he climbe d over a 12-inch opening between a structural beam and the bottom of the deck, h e fell approximately 37 ft and landed on the ground. Employee #1 sustained an in jury to the back of the head and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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