OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386122
KLEEN AIR SERVICE CO.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through ventilation duct
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:55 a.m. on May 30, 1986, Employee #1 and his foreman had jus t finished working near a ventilation duct. They were dismantling their scaffold and hoisting car, which were positioned over the ventilation duct. Employee #1 was standing on a plank next to an 18 inch opening between the planking when he lost his footing. He fell approximately 220 feet through the ventilation duct (f rom the 15th to the 1st floor) and was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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