OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758367
HEAD,MAINTENANCE,ROOF,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in 43 ft fall from building roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:45 p.m. on October 26, 1988, Employee #1, a laborer for Corre ct Maintenance Corporation of Portage, IN, was cleaning heat exchangers on build ing 18C at A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company in Lafayette, IN, when he fell 43 f t to the ground. Employee #1 died of massive head injuries on October 30, 1988.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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