OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375109
TIMES RECORDER
ZANESVILLE, OH·
Event description
Employee killed in 17 ft fall down shaft
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:15 p.m. on September 19, 1988, for an unknown reason, Employe e #1 had raised the gate in front of a shaft. The employee fell headfirst approx imately 17 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Employee #1 later died at the hospit al of multiple injuries. The lock on the gate was found to be defective.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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