OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712638
HEAD,MAINTENANCE,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from elevated surface
Investigation abstract
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on July 17, 1987, Employee #1 was changing the quad r olls on a Schmutz coater machine. He either stepped or fell in the opening throu gh which the rolls are raised and lowered during the changing process. He fell 6 ft 11 in. and struck his head against the concrete floor; he was found by his f oreman lying approximately 6 ft to the side, under the opening. Paramedics from Dillard, OR, transported him to Douglas Community Hospital. He died on July 19, 1987 as a result of severe head injuries. Employee #1 was working alone at the t ime of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 707
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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