OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565956
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed in 45 ft fall through window opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on January 18, 1985, Employee #1, a plasterer, was o n a scaffold, applying fireproofing material to the ceiling of a building when h e fell approximately 45 ft through a window opening. He was pronounced dead at a pproximately 2:30 p.m. that day.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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