OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490981
UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,INATTENTION
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL THROUGH FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 AM ON MARCH 2, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 22 FEET THROUGH A F LOOR OPENING (45 BY 31 INCHES) TO A CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS A BOILERMAKER BY TRAD E, WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. HE HAD REPORTED TO THE WORK SITE ON MARCH SECO ND. WHILE INSTALLING THE FIRST PIECE OF DUCT WORK, THE EMPLOYEES UNCOVERED A FLO OR OPENING. IN PREPARATION FOR INSTALLING A SECOND PIECE OF DUCTWORK, TWO WOODEN PLANKS (2 BY 10 BY 16 INCHES) WERE PLACED AT AN UPPER LEVEL TO CLIMB ON. WHILE MANEUVERING THE PLANKS, EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED INTO THE FLOOR OPENING WITH HIS RIGH T FOOT AND FELL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 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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