OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347835
CHADWICK STEEL ERECTION
OPELIKA, AL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall to concrete
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on May 27, 1987, Employee #1 was preparing to cut a b olt on an angle iron brace that attached a building cove outside strut to a roof purlin at the building frame. He was standing spread-eagled, straddling the 4 f t between the cove strut and roof purlin. When he cut the bolt free, the cove st rut moved out 8 ft, and he fell 20 ft to a concrete slab on the ground. Employee #1 sustained a broken neck and died three months after his fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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