OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732289
HEAD,WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WASTE PROC FAC,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
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
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#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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