OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469167
FRACTURE,HEAD,MAINTENANCE,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in 25 ft fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a conveyor, making adjustments to the screen guard. The screen guard broke and Employee #1 fell approximately 4 feet from the convey or into an adjacent open floor hole, and then fell a total of 25 feet into the b asement. He sustained massive head injuries, broken bones, and crushing injuries . Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 544
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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