OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488233
SLIP,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TANK
Event description
FELL INTO PLATING SOLUTION TANK
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 6, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL INTO A PLATING TANK WHILE TRYING TO RETRIEV E A WORKPIECE. HE STOOD ON THE EDGE OF THE TANK, LEANED FORWARD, SLIPPED AND FEL L INTO THE TANK. HE DIED FROM THE CHEMICAL BURNS HE SUFFERED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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