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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #687590

GUARDRAIL,PPE,GUARD,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
GUARDRAIL,PPE,GUARD,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
687590
Report ID
522300

Event description

EMPLOYEE IS KILLED WHEN HE FALLS FROM A PLATFORM

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was installing siding on a work platform 23 feet high without fall p rotection. The work platform consisted of one 12 inch by 20 foot long aluminum p lank inserted through the mid rail of an apartment complex balcony. Employee #1 was killed when he fell from the work platform.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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