OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170395784
GREAT NORTHERN CONSTRUCTION CO.
BLACK RIVER, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES IN FALL THROUGH SKYLIGHT OPENING
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 A.M. ON JUNE 17, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING A SKYLIGHT FROM THE ROOF OF BLACK RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY FELL THROUG H THE SKYLIGHT OPENING TO THE FLOOR, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 28 FEET. EMPLOY EE #1 DIED AS A RESULT OF THIS FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- 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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