OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465413
LIFELINE,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,WALKING ON PLANK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee killed in 100 ft fall through duct openings
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were working in a seven-story building that was being nes were in use or made available. The floor openings beside the duct had not be en covered on any of the floors below, except for the two 2 in. by 10 in. planks ; these only covered 20 in. of the 4 to 6 ft wide gap between the duct and the s ide of the floor opening. renovated. They were installing a 2 ft by 4 ft metal air duct up through 8 ft by 16 ft in-line floor openings that had not been walled in. The duct sections wer e raised up for installation using a chain hoist fixed to a 4 by 4 wooden beam l aid across the opening in a floor above. Two 2 in. by 10 in. wood planks were la id across the 8 ft wide span. The workers walked out on these planks to secure t he hoisted duct. Upon completion, the hoist was removed from the 8 ft by 16 ft r oof opening where it was last fixed. Employee #1 was killed when he lost his bal ance and fell approximately 100 ft to the basement. No safety belts or safety li
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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