OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666453

PLATFORM,WIRE ROPE,AGRICULTURE,CAUGHT BY,FALL,NECK

1988-05-24T00:00:00

Event: PLATFORM,WIRE ROPE,AGRICULTURE,CAUGHT BY,FALL,NECK
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 666453
Report ID: 112300

Event description

Employee clotheslined and killed in fall from a platform

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a working platform of a hydro-seeder when his neck caught a l ow telephone cable, causing him to fall into the street. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
9

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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