OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445084
HIGH WIND,CATWALK,FALL,ADVERTISING SIGN,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL FROM A CATWALK
Investigation abstract
AT 11:30 AM ON APRIL 7, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A CATWALK IN FRONT OF A 48 BY 14 FOOT BILLBOARD. HE WAS MAKING SURE THE PANEL WAS CLIPPED INTO POSITION AT THE BOTTOM ON THE BILLBOARD. THE WIND CAUSED THE 14 BY 4 FOOT PANEL TO SWAY, SO EMPLOYEE #1 GRABBED THE PANEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEADY IT. HE LOST HIS BALANC E, GRABBED AT (AND MISSED) THE EDGE OF THE CATWALK AND FELL THIRTY FEET, LANDING ON AN OUTRIGGER OF A BOOM TRUCK. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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