OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170052104
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PIT,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall into caisson hole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing 5 ft by 10 ft steel plates that were covering caisson h oles. He hooked up the first plate and a crane lifted it out and set it aside. H e then hooked up a second plate for removal. Employee #1 stepped backward and fe ll 48 ft to the bottom of the caisson hole. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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