OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14482210
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee killed in fall from work platform on bridge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the company owner, was working on a bridge on Interstate 64. He was on a platform that was next to, but higher than, the parapet protective wall. H e either lost his balance or was knocked off the platform and fell between 60 an d 90 ft. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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