OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549661
DUST COLLECTOR,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed in fall into dust collector
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a ledge approximately 6 in. wide installing the final one or two dust bags in a 42 bag dust collector. She fell approximately 56 1/2 inches onto a nitrogen pipe and entered the bottom of the collector. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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