OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #687566
PPE,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from steel framework
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing composite wood shelf material while standing on the s teel rack framework at an approximate height of 16 ft without the use of appropr iate ppe. The composite board weighed 197 lb a sheet and was elevated on the for ks of a Raymont forklift. Employee #1 was dragging a sheet off the forks when he fell to the concrete floor and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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