OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422272
TEGCO, INC.
MAPLETON, IL·
Event description
Employee falls through floor opening and is killed
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on December 23, 2021, an employee and coworker climbed a fixed ladder to consider the movement of a junction box. The employee climbed down the ladder and walked over a floor hole (approximately seventy-eight inches wide by one hundred and eighteen inches long) covered by one half inch thick plywood boards. When the employee stepped onto the plywood, the boards broke under the employee's weight and the employee fell approximately twenty-five feet. The employee was killed by the injuries received in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 575
- Fall distance
- 25
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