OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #763136
DOCK,DUMPSTER,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM LOADING DOCK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 attempted to exit the loading dock by stepping from the dock to a du mpster, then stepping from the dumpster to a concrete barrier near street level. Employee #1 fell backward during the attempt, sustaining a skull fracture.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 364
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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