OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #763680
BOOM,STRUCK AGAINST,AIR SHAFT,ABRASION,FALL,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED DUE TO FALL DOWN AIR DRAFT SYSTEM
Investigation abstract
An employee was working on a boom at a hospital over a 200-ft by 6-ft by 38-ft-d eep air draft system. The boom started to break and the employee attempted to es cape from the boom, but fell into the air draft system striking the level below. He suffered bruises and contusions, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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