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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475056

Balcony,Carpenter,Concrete,Door,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Fracture,Guardrail,Inexperience,Installing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pavement,Residential Construction,Suicide,Unprotected

Event
Balcony,Carpenter,Concrete,Door,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Fracture,Guardrail,Inexperience,Installing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Pavement,Residential Construction,Suicide,Unprotected
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221475056
Report ID
0854910
Project type
A
Construction end-use
B

Event description

Employee dies while installing hinges in fall from balcony

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    567

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