OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #656645
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ
CHARLESTOWN, MA·
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
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#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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