OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515704
MID-FLORIDA BOILER CO INC
LAKE WALES, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in 25 ft fall from catwalk
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a supervisor, was on a catwalk 25 ft above a cement floor trying to place a 10 ft aluminum ladder across a 6 ft span to reach the wall of an adjace nt building. He opened a gate in the catwalk's guardrail and was standing at the unguarded edge maneuvering the ladder when he fell. Employee #1 struck his head against the top of a metal door on the ground floor and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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