OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14493282

HEAD,WORK RULES,GRATING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1987-10-14T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WORK RULES,GRATING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14493282
Report ID: 627400

Event description

Employee killed in 15 ft fall from grating

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on October 14, 1987, Employee #1 and two coworkers w rs later. ere working from an approximately 15 ft high platform. One worker started to wir e a motor that he, Employee #1, and a coworker had brought up before lunch. The worker asked the coworker to go back to the shop and get some lugs for tying in the wires. Employee #1 went with him. To return to the platform, Employee #1 had to climb the stairs up to the landing and then walk across an open area over wh ich a 6 ft long by 24 in. wide grating had been laid. Upon his return, Employee #1 went up the stairs to the landing, stepped on the edge of the grating, and fe ll approximately 15 ft to the concrete floor, striking his head. He died two hou

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 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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