OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818401
PLATFORM,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was erecting a formwork from an open-sided platform inside an elevat or shaft. The employer had instructed Employee #1 to use a safety belt while on the platform. Disregarding his employer's instructions, he worked from the platf orm without a safety belt and fell approximately 50 ft to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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