OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #656645

FRACTURE,HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION

1986-06-24T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 656645
Report ID: 111400

Event description

Employee killed in fall through floor opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a contractor responsible for removing and shipping various material handling and processing equipment from a defunct sugar refinery, fell approxima tely 60 ft through a 2 ft by 5 ft opening in a steel grate working surface. He s ustained a head fracture and was killed. The floor opening was created by his em ployees, who moved a bucket conveyor and exposed the opening in order to lower e quipment through it.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 63 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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