OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489108
DONALDSON ACOUSTICS CO. INC.
NEW YORK, NY·
Event description
Employee dies in fall through open compactor shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was walking down a hallway while looking up at workers on a stair la nding above him and taking their orders for a coffee break. Employee #1 stepped into a 28 in. compactor shaft, whose barricade had been removed, and fell three floors to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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