OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539993

INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING

1987-03-10T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14539993
Report ID: 830100

Event description

Employee killed in fall through floor opening

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on March 10, 1987, Employee #1 was installing pipe al ongside a floor opening. He was killed when he fell about 14 ft through the open ing onto a concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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