OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377220
ELECTRICAL,E GI VII,ELECTRIC SHOCK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CONTACT WITH UNKNOWN SOURCE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ATOP A WORK PLATFORM BEHIND A BILLBOARD. THE EMPLOYEE, W HO WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, FELL FROM THE PLATF ORM TO THE GROUND, A DISTANCE OF 30 TO 40 FEET. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF INJURIES SU STAINED IN THE FALL. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FALL WAS E LECTRIC SHOCK. HOWEVER, THE POSSIBLE SOURCES OF ELECTRIC SHOCK WERE NOT DISCUSSE D IN THE REPORT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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