OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734103
MUSTARD-COLEMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.
COLUMBIA, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TOP OF TANK; SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST COMPLETED CLEANING OUT THE REJECT CHUTE AT THE ASPHALT PLAN T. THE CHUTE IS LOCATED 62 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. AS EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN TO DESCEND FROM THE STORAGE SILO TANK, HE FELL TO THE CONCRETE AND WAS KILLED. E MPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT WEARING ANY TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION, SUCH AS A SAFETY BELT AN D LANYARD, AND THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL ON THE PLATFORM WHERE THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEE N WORKING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 855
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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