OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659631
PENN LYON HOMES, INCORPORATED
DORCHESTER, MA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM MODULAR HOME SECTION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A TRUCK DRIVER WHO HAD DELIVERED A TRAILER FRAME TO A JOB SITE, WAS ASKED TO PLACE A PLASTIC COVER ON THE MODULAR HOME WHICH HAD BEEN SET ON TOP OF THE FRAME. HE USED A LADDER APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET HIGH TO REACH THE SECTION. WH ILE IN THE PROCESS OF COVERING THE HOME HE SLIPPED AND FELL, HEAD FIRST, INTO TH E STEEL FRAME OF THE TRAILER, THEN TO THE GROUND. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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