OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470090
STAIR,GUARDRAIL,ELEC UTILITY WORK,FALL
Event description
FALL - EMPLOYEE FELL ON STAIRWAY
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE AT AN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING STATION WAS ASSIGNED TO PICK UP TEMP HE GUARDRAIL. HE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN THE 30-FOOT FAL L. ORARY LIGHTS AFTER AN OUTAGE IN THE BOILER VESSELS. THE VESSELS WERE LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE BULB ON ONE OF THE LIGHT STANDS WAS BURNED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE BULB AND, AFTER RETRIEVING ANOTHER FROM A STOREROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR, REPLACED IT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE THIRD FLOOR TO GET ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT. THERE WERE TWO WAYS TO RETURN TO THE THIR D FLOOR--A FIXED LADDER OR A STAIRWAY. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE EMPLOYEE USED TH E STAIRS. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS WEARING A CREPE SOLE SHOE (A TYPE THAT HE DID NO T NORMALLY WEAR), APPARENTLY TRIPPED OR SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS AND FELL THROUGH T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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