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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734400

PLATFORM,HEAD,WORK RULES,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION

Event
PLATFORM,HEAD,WORK RULES,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
734400
Report ID
454510

Event description

Employee killed in fall through hole in platform

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 fell 25 ft through a 3 ft by 5 ft hole in a platform, landing head f irst on a concrete floor. He was killed. The hole was the result of a crane pick ing up a section of metal grating by mistake.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    779
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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