OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759167
CROWN CORR INC.
RUSHVILLE, IN·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from unsecured plywood work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on a two point suspended scaffold hoisting metal siding and insu lation to other employees from a work platform consisting of 4 ft by 8 ft by 3/4 in. thick plywood. Employee #1 finished hoisting and had just started to perfor m other work assignments when he apparently stepped on an unsecured piece of ply wood. Employee #1 and the plywood fell 20 ft to the crane rail, where Employee # 1 struck his head and continued to fall 70 to 75 ft to the ground. Employee #1 h ad been provided with a safety belt and lanyard, but was not snapped onto the sa fety line that had been provided.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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