OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601872

WORK RULES,SLIP,FALL,UNGUARDED

1989-03-14T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,SLIP,FALL,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 601872
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee dies after falling 35 ft from unguarded runway

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was walking on an unguarded runway when he slipped and fell 35 feet and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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