OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341978
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,PERIMETER GUARDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1-3 WERE WORKING FROM AN OPEN-SIDED PLATFORM THAT WAS 45 FEET ABOVE T HE NEXT LOWER LEVEL. THE PLATFORM LACKED STANDARD GUARDRAILS, NOR WAS ANY TYPE O F FALL PROTECTION USED. THERE WAS ONLY A SAGGING STATIC LINE AROUND THE PERIMETE R OF THE WORK PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING ON A BUCKET OR SQUATTING WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS FROM THE WORK PLATFORM AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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