OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868711
FRACTURE,CARPENTER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,BRIDGE DECK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
CARPENTER KILLED FROM FALL
Investigation abstract
On July 31, 1985, Employee #1, a carpenter at National Engineering and Contracti ng Company, was stripping lumber from under a bridge deck. He turned or slipped, and fell to the ground, resulting in fatal injuries. Employee #1 had not been w earing fall protection.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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