OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734442
WRICE RADIO & TV SERVICE
ORANGEBURG, SC·
Event description
FALL - LANYARD BROKE
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING A TELEVISION TOWER THAT WAS 40 FEET HIGH. HE WAS W ORKING AT A LEVEL THAT WAS ABOUT 35 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HIS LANYARD BROKE, AN D HE FELL TO THE GROUND. (THE SAFETY BELT, SERIAL NUMBER 110127, WAS MANUFACTURE D BY MINE SAFETY APPLIANCE COMPANY. THE BELT AND LANYARD WERE 29 YEARS OLD AND W ERE SINGLE-PLY LEATHER. THE LANYARD HAD BROKEN ONCE BEFORE AND HAD BEEN REPAIRED .) THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEAD INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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