OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346761
HAROLD TAYLOR PAINTING
BAYPORT, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through floor opening
Investigation abstract
At 4:00 p.m. on June 12, 1986, Employee #1 was standing on an aluminum extension ladder that was sitting on 13 ft concrete columns, painting a house. When his c oworkers left the job site he stayed on by himself to finish the exterior. Judgi ng from the location of the last painted area, it is assumed that Employee #1 wa s working on a sundeck on the south side of the house, over an unguarded floor o pening that was to be a stairway. Employee #1 apparently stepped on two 2 in. by 6 in. planks that were later found nearby. He lost his balance and fell 13 ft 7 in., striking his head against a concrete slab as he landed. Employee #1 was ki lled.
Victims (2)
-
#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.