OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732453
VALCOM INC
FILLMORE, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM MICROWAVE TOWER
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A 250-FOOT-HIGH MICROWAVE TOWER. WHEN HE REACHED THE 50-FOOT LEVEL, HE FELL BACKWARDS THROUGH SOME CONDUIT AND TUBING. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A PROPANE TANK AND LATER DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS HEAD INJURY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 523
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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