OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221433170

WATERFRONT SERVICES INC.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL· 2022-02-01T00:00:00

Event: Balcony, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Installing, Lost Balance, Wall
NAICS: 238190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345758288
Employer profile: WATERFRONT SERVICES INC.
Summary number: 221433170
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee falls from balcony and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 1:54 p.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee worked to install guardrail "walls" on a balcony. While attempting to toss an extension cord to a coworker, the employee lost balance, and fell approximately one hundred and twenty feet and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

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