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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14383053

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Event
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14383053
Report ID
521400

Event description

Employee killed in fall from bridge platform

Investigation abstract

On June 4, 1987, Employee #1 was working from an unprotected bridge platform 15 feet above the concrete floor inside a primary sewage tank. He fell from the bri dge platform to his death.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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