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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742676

INSTALLING,ROPE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
INSTALLING,ROPE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
742676
Report ID
352430

Event description

Employee killed in fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on the construction of a 10-story concrete and steel par king garage that was 95 percent complete. He was 90 ft above the ground installi ng metal weld plates in column #11 on the outside edge of the 10th floor level d eck. He was wearing a safety belt, a 6 ft long rope lanyard, and an additional 8 ft long rope lanyard that was improperly secured onto two 1 1/2 in. diameter #1 1 rebars that were standing in a column. The 8 ft long rope lanyard came loose a nd Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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