OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606772
CULPEPPER, EDWARDS & PALMER, INC.
ALBANY, GA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING TO LOAD 3/4 INCH PLYWOOD PIECES ONTO A MULKY CONVEYOR WH ICH TRANSPORTED THE PLYWOOD TO A 23 FOOT HIGH ROOF. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BECAME ST UCK IN THE CONVEYOR, SO EMPLOYEE #1 RODE THE CONVEYOR UP TO THE SPOT IN AN ATTEM PT TO DISLODGE THE PIECE. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 19 FEET TO THE H ARD PACKED GROUND. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA BY THE CORONER. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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