OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607028
WATKINS ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS
OGLETHORPE, GA·
Event description
IRON WORKER FELL 50 FEET TO HIS DEATH
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, AN IRON WORKER BY TRADE, WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS AN OPEN AREA OF FI VE FEET, SIX INCHES. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET. EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONN EL GAVE EMPLOYEE #1 TREATMENT WHILE ENROUTE TO THE MACON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER. HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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