OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607259
MONTA CONTRACTORS
ATLANTA, GA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM BUILDING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A LABORER ON A TWO MAN PRECAST CONCRETE CREW. HE AND THE OTHER E MPLOYEE DISASSEMBLED THE WIRE ROPE GUARDRAILS AT THE CORNER OF THE FIFTH FLOOR O F THE HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDING THEY WERE WORKING ON. THEY FINISHED CUTTING THE PRECAST CONCRETE AT THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING AND BEGAN TO REINSTALL THE WIRE ROP E GUARDRAILS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLING THE TOP WIRE TIGHT WHEN HE STEPPED, BACKWA RDS, OFF THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING. HE WAS KILLED IN THE FALL. NEITHER EMPLOYEE W AS TIED OFF AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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