OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414775
PILLSBURY CO. (THE)
ST. LOUIS, MO·
Event description
Employee dies after fall from manlift
Investigation abstract
At about midnight on April 21, 1987, at the end of his normal work shift, Employ ee #1 was descending in a manlift from the headhouse of a grain elevator. At som e point between the top floor and the second floor from the bottom, he fell from the lift. He was found at the bottom of the manlift on the "up" side, and the m anlift was not running. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures and died on May 14, 1987. He had fallen between 26 and 60 ft.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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