OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521025
DAM,CONSTRUCTION,SHAFT,FALL
Event description
Employee found dead at bottom of shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a laborer, was a member of a four man crew involved in patch work o n a concrete lock on a lock and dam under construction. Employee #1, who was wor king on a second shift, had just returned from lunch and was involved in some se condary duties when he was reported missing. Employee #1 was found dead face dow n at the bottom of a backup gate shaft without any tools or equipment. The shaft opening was guarded on all open sides by a standard railing. There was no disce rnible reason for Employee #1 to be on the wrong side of the guardrail.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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