OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497150
WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,WELDER,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed in 66 ft fall from platform on grain dryer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was welding replacement parts in a grain dryer that was being renova ted. He was working from the bottom up and his last replacement was 66 ft 9 in. above ground level. When Employee #1 was last observed, he was working from a sm all, 30 in. by 24 in. platform with proper guardrails that was attached to the s ide of the dryer. The welding he was doing required him to extend part of his bo dy outside the small platform. He apparently fell while welding and was killed. A coworker discovered Employee #1's body, a slag chipping hammer, and a welding hood at the base of the dryer. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt and lan yard. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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