OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400584
H C B CONTRACTORS
DALLAS, TX·
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
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#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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