OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526677
TARELTON MANOR APARTMENTS
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING CONCRETE PIECE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE GROUND, HOLDING A LADDER FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS ATT EMPTING TO REPAIR A DAMAGED WALKWAY RAILING. THE EMPLOYEE WORKING FROM THE LADDE R WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. A SECTION OF THE RAILING FELL OU T, CAUSING THE LADDER AND THE EMPLOYEE WORKING FROM IT TO FALL TO THE GROUND. SE CTIONS OF CONCRETE RAILING FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING BOTH EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN TO A DOCTOR, BUT NEVER RETURNED TO WORK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 71 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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