OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400584

COVER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SHAFT,FALL,FLOOR OPENING

1986-01-20T00:00:00

Event: COVER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SHAFT,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14400584
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed in fall down stairway shaft

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a laborer, was standing atop a 57 5/8 in. by 21 1/4 in. plywood cov er over a stairway opening in the first floor lobby of the Lear Petroleum Tower in Dallas, TX. The plywood became detached and Employee #1 and the cover fell ap proximately 64 ft 4 in. down the stairway shaft to a concrete surface. He was ki lled. The cover had not been sufficiently secured against accidental displacemen t.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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