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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607325

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,FALL

Event
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
607325
Report ID
418100

Event description

Employee killed in fall from fourth floor

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 a.m. on March 22, 1988, Employee #1 was not at his assigned work area bu t was on the fourth floor of the hotel's atrium. The employee either fell or jum ped over the standard 42 in. high railing, landing approximately 30 feet below o n the second floor. Employee #1 died at 8:30 a.m. on March 24, 1988.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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