OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442347
HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CATWALK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
Employee killed in fall from catwalk atop feed truck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing 11 ft 10 in. above the ground on a catwalk atop a feed truck. He was operating a conveyor that was filling the feed truck with grain wh en he fell off the platform and struck his head on the concrete pad. Employee #1 was killed. His fall was probably due to a seizure. The platform was guarded on ly by a single railing 28 in. above the catwalk.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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