OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521512
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ELEVATOR,UNTRAINED
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM MANLIFT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:25 AM ON NOVEMBER 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, AN ELECTRICIAN'S HELP ER, WAS REQUIRED TO CLIMB TO A CATWALK WHICH WAS 25 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. HIS LEADMAN WENT FIRST, RIDING THE MANLIFT UP TO THE 25 FOOT LEVEL, THEN STEPPING AC ROSS TO THE EMERGENCY LADDER AND OVER TO THE CATWALK. THE LEAD MAN HAD INSTRUCTE D EMPLOYEE #1 TO USE THE LADDER TO REACH THE CATWALK. HOWEVER, WHEN HE LOOKED BA CK HE SAW EMPLOYEE #1 RIDING THE MANLIFT. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO STEP FROM TH E MANLIFT TO THE LADDER HE WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES. FINALLY EMPLOYEE #1 STRUCK THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NEXT FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED OFF THE MANLI FT. HE LATER DIED OF INTERNAL INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE FALL FROM THE MANLIFT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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