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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480701

CATWALK,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Event
CATWALK,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14480701
Report ID
214200

Event description

Employee killed in fall from catwalk

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was last seen distributing materials while standing behind the guard rail on the upper tier catwalk. For some reason he fell, suffering fatal injurie s. There were no witnesses to the accident and the location from which he fell c ould not be determined.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 72 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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