OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512115
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FABRICATION & ENGINEERING, INC.
LA GRANGE, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH VERTICAL DUCT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN FABRICATION AND ENGINEERING, INC, 8 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE, TEXAS, WAS WORKING IN A BYPASS DUCT WHEN HE ENTERED A VERTICAL DUCT 76 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED THROUGH A SET OF LOUVERS INTO A UNLIGHTED VERTICAL DUCT AREA FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE VERTICAL DUCT WAS OFF LI MITS TO EMPLOYEES. AS PART OF EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, NEW EMPLOYEES WERE BRIEFED O N THE HAZARDOUS AREA SURROUNDING THE WORK AREAS. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF MASSIVE HE AD INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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