OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401616
DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NET,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
Employee killed in 93 ft fall from work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two coworkers were dismantling concrete forms on the inside of a structure that was to house elevators in a multifloored construction project. T he structure was at the sixth-floor level and the newest floor was at the second level. Approximately 93 ft high work platforms had been provided in lieu of net s, and the platforms were built and erected to be elevated as the project's wall s progressed in height. The platforms had a space between them of approximately 7 ft. Employee #1 was working on the north wall above this unprotected area. Whe n he disconnected his lanyard to move down the form, he fell 93 ft to the concre te floor. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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