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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354708

HIGH WIND,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
HIGH WIND,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14354708
Report ID
418800

Event description

Employee killed when hit by falling portable toilet

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was returning to work from lunch with two other workers, walking int o a parking garage entrance, when the wind apparently blew a portable toilet off the fourth floor level of the parking garage. Employee #1 was struck and killed .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    8
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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