OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399679
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE,TIE-OFF
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING FROM AN ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM, MOVING THE PLATFO RM OCCASIONALLY AS WORK PROGRESSED. DUE TO THE NATURE AND CONFIGURATION OF THE P LATFORM, THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN PROVIDED WITH SAFETY BELTS AND LANYARDS FOR FALL PROTECTION. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO CONNECT HIS LANYARD, AND WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PLATFORM PLANK THAT HAD BECOME DISPLACED, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER THE SIDE OF THE PLATFORM. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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