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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170052104

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PIT,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,INATTENTION

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PIT,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170052104
Report ID
950411

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

  1. #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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