OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818047
UNITED GLAZING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from platform
Investigation abstract
Employees were removing a swing stage platform when one end of the swing stage b ecame caught on a lightning rod cable. Employee #1 then jumped onto the parapet with a 2 by 4 board and wedged it between the swing stage and parapet. As it gav e away, he lost his footing and fell 32 stories to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.