OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346282
HOLDER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from floor edge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting off metal end plates from concrete beams using a cutting remain behind the guardrails at all times. No cause for the fall has yet been de termined. torch on the corner of the 12th floor of a building under construction. After c ompleting the task, he relocated away from the floor edge to clean the torch. La ter, for unknown reasons or causes, and unseen by other workers, he returned to the floor edge and fell, landing on the cement floor of a balcony that jutted ou t from the 10th floor. He sustained injuries from which he died. The 12th floor edge, where he had been working, was equipped with taut cable guardrails, which were still intact after the accident. The employee's task could have been easily performed from behind the guardrails. His specific safety instructions were to
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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