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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526271

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,OPEN-SIDED FLOOR,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,OPEN-SIDED FLOOR,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14526271
Report ID
418800

Event description

Employee killed in fall from open-sided floor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing at the edge of an open-sided floor on the fourth level of a building. As he began to move aluminum beams, he stepped backward and fell approximately 30 feet to the ground. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 60 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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