OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765560

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1987-07-27T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 765560
Report ID: 931400

Event description

Employee killed in 7 ft fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was climbing to retrieve string from a work area when he fell 7 ft t o a concrete floor. He sustained a fractured skull and was killed. Employee #1 h ad not used proper safety measures to access the work area.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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