OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541817
GUARDRAIL,CONSTRUCTION,CATWALK,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM UNGUARDED SECTION OF ELEVATED WALKWAY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING ALONG A PERMANENT CATWALK ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE CA TWALK WAS EQUIPPED WITH GUARDRAILS, BUT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 25 FEET THE CATWALK INTERSECTED WITH A CROSSWALK WHICH DID NOT HAVE GUARDRAILS. AT THE INTERSECTIONS THERE WERE UNCOVERED FLOOR HOLES (APPROXIMATELY 43 BY 32 INCHES) WHERE GRATINGS HAD NOT YET BEEN FITTED. THE EMPLOYEE EITHER FELL THROUGH A FLOOR HOLE OR STEPP ED ONTO A CROSS WALK AND FELL OFF AN OPEN SIDE. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HE FELL 17 FE ET, 8 INCHES ONTO A CONCRETE SLAB.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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