OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607325
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,FALL
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
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#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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