OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354708

PRESTRESSED DECKING CORPORATION

MIAMI, FL· 1988-12-02T00:00:00

Event: HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #106104789
Employer profile: PRESTRESSED DECKING CORPORATION
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 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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