OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379507

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,UNGUARDED

1990-03-16T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14379507
Report ID: 524500

Event description

Employee falls 28 ft to his death

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 19, 1990, Employee #1 was preparing to lowe r an empty tub from the open side of the second level of a building under constr uction. A Lull rough terrain forklift was lifting a full tub of mortar up at the same time. As Employee #1 attempted to pull his empty tub out of the way, he st epped back and through a 3 ft 3 in. wide by 6 ft 2 in. long opening in the floor behind him. He fell approximately 28 ft and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
5

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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