OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469381
CHEST,CRUSHED,FALL,BRIDGE,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON AN ELEVATED WORK PLATFORM APPROIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE THE DECK OF THE GEERS BRIDGE IN BELL VERNON PA. HE FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE PLATF ORM TO HIS DEATH. HIS JOB WAS TO HELP THE JANITORMOVE THE PLATFORM INTO PLACE. T HIS WAS HIS ONLY JOB. HE WAS SITTING ON THE PLATFORM AWAITING THE NEXT MOVE WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. THE EMPLOYEE'S CHEST WAS CRUSHED.
Victim
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#17 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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