OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453773

HEAD,CLEANING,STRUCK AGAINST,PIT,FALL

1988-06-06T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,CLEANING,STRUCK AGAINST,PIT,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14453773
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed in fall while cleaning pit

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning a pit of scrap aluminum. Employee #1 fell from one leve l of the pit to a lower level, struck his head on concrete, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
519

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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