OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549315
WAIALUA SUGAR CO INC
WAIALUA, HI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL WHEN UNSECURED PLANK SLIPPED OFF ITS SUPPORT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON DECEMBER 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A POWER PLANT CONTROLS O PERATOR TRAINEE, WAS STANDING ON AN ELEVATED 2 INCH BY 12 INCH PLANK, SHAKING A 14 INCH PIPE TO CLEAR A BLOCKAGE. THE PLANK SLIPPED OFF ONE OF ITS SUPPORTS, ALL OWING EMPLOYEE #1 TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET, 4 INCHES, AND STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL. HE THEN FELL AN ADDITIONAL 5 FEET, 7 INCH ES, STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE DIED ON DE CEMBER 6, 1986, AT APPROXMATELY 8:20 PM, AT THE WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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