OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510978
MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UNGUARDED
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH UNGUARDED HOLE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM ON MARCH 27, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOTIFIED BY TWO OTHER E S KILLED IN THE 98 FOOT FALL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD JUST OPENED THE FLOOR HOLE IN PREPARATION FOR THE LOWERING OF THE HOIST BLOCK THROUG H THE OPENING. MPLOYEES THAT A 2 TON CAPACITY HOIST APPARENTLY HAD NO POWER. EMPLOYEE #1 ASCEND ED THE STAIRS TO THE PLATFORM, APPROXIMATLEY 98 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE HOIS T WAS AT THE OTHER END OF A 122 FOOT LONG PLATFORM. HE STARTED WALKING TOWARD TH E HOIST AND WAS MET BY THE 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES. THE HOIST WAS MOUNTED ABOUT 8 FEET ABOVE THE PLATFORM. THE THREE MEN STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE HOIST. AS THEY NEA RED THE HOIST THE THREE WERE DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM AND LOOKING AT RELATED ELECT RICAL SWITCHES ON AND AROUND THE HOIST. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED FORWARD, UNDERNEATH THE HOIST AND INTO AN UNGUARDED OPENING IN THE FLOOR UNDERNEATH THE HOIST. HE WA
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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