OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608505
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
NEWNAN, GA·
Event description
FALL THROUGH UNGUARDED FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
An apprentice electrician at an electric utility was looking for a faulty lighti his injuries. ng fixture that he and a coworker had been assigned to repair. He entered an are a that had been barricaded with tape and rope, where two mechanics were replacin g sections of grating. The existing grating had been temporarily removed. There was an 864-millimeter by 711-millimeter opening where the last section of gratin g was to be placed. After speaking briefly with the mechanics, the apprentice cr ossed over the opening to ask another person about the lighting. While talking t o this person, the apprentice had his back to the opening. Afterwards, he turned and stepped into the opening, falling 14 meters feet to the ground. He died of
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 576
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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