OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707760
PLATFORM,HEAD,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,TIE-OFF,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall with stairway platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to level a 6 by 8 stairway platform between the secon d and third floors on the west side of a building by adjusting the sag rod that held it in place. He was attached by a 6 ft lanyard to the rod assembly but he w as twisting the rod, instead of the nut, on the ends. The lower nut came off the rod, causing the platform to drop approximately 15 to 18 in. and allowing the l anyard to free itself. Employee #1 fell approximately 20 ft, striking his head a gainst an iron girder, falling another 15 ft, and landing face first on an adjac ent concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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