OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #751149
HEART,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RUPTURE,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee dies after fall through floor opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 stood to stretch and either lost his footing or stepped back into an unguarded floor opening. He fell two stories, approximately 30 ft. Employee #1, who had a history of heart surgery, died at the hospital from a ruptured aorta .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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