OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732289

WATSON MAHANEY INC

EAST CHICAGO, IN· 1988-04-09T15:30:00

Event: HEAD, WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WASTE PROC FAC, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #103993994
Employer profile: WATSON MAHANEY INC
Summary number: 732289
Report ID: 551800

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM TOP OF WALL

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON APRIL 9, 1988, A CONSTRUCTION CREW HAD JUST COMPLETE D CAULKING THE EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE CONCRETE WALLS FOR THE OXIDATION DITCH AT A WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOREMAN FOR THE 6-MAN CREW, ATT EMPTED TO REMOVE AN ALUMINUM LADDER FROM THE DITCH WHILE STANDING ON A 15 INCH W IDE CONCRETE WALL. THE TOP OF THE WALL WAS 17 FEET ABOVE THE INSIDE CONCRETE FLO OR. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE WALL AND DIED OF HEAD INJURIES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
588

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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