OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758722
DUCT,WORK RULES,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from duct
Investigation abstract
At approximately 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 1988, Employee #1 was using a high pres sure hose to clean a horizontal duct scrubber system module at level 8. He was w orking inside the duct and standing on gridwork. He fell 51 ft and landed just a bove the level floor on the inside of the duct. Employee #1 suffered external an d internal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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