OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397798
FRACTURE,BUILDING,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM MULTI-STORY BUILDING
Investigation abstract
On October 13, 1989, Employee #1 was working on the roof area of a multi-story b uilding. Employee #1 fell eleven stories and was killed. Employee #1 had been pr ovided with a safety belt and lanyard, however Employee #1 had removed the fall devices and then walked back off the building roof.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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