OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320592
PLATFORM,HEAD,COLLAPSE,TORSO,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM COLLAPSING PLATFORM; DIED FROM INJURIES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING RAILINGS FROM THE THIRD FLOOR FIRE TOWER PLATFORM WHEN THE PLATFORM SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH THE PLATFORM. HE SUSTAINED FATAL MULTIPLE INJURIES OF THE HEAD, TRUNK, AND LEFT ARM. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, OR ANY TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION, WAS USED. A P RE-DEMOLITION ENGINEERING SURVEY OF THE PLATFORM WAS NOT PERFORMED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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