OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221439011
COWORX STAFFING SERVICES LLC
ROMEOVILLE, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE IS KILLED IN FALL TO CONCRETE FLOOR
Investigation abstract
At 12:10 p.m. on February 17, 2022, an employee, a general laborer, was working on the second-floor pick module conveyer line, in the packing and taping area, t aping boxes. Just prior to the incident, a coworker observed the employee looki ng a little "woozy." The coworker turned for a second, and when he turned back, the employee was gone. It turned out that the employee had fallen or gone over the 42-inch railing, falling approximately 17 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead due to blun t force trauma.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 0
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
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