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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893297

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,PERIMETER GUARDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED

Event
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,PERIMETER GUARDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
893297
Report ID
355114

Event description

Employee killed in 74 foot fall at construction site

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was supplying cinder blocks to a bricklayer for a room under constru ction on the sixth floor. He was standing on a raised concrete pad 6 in. above t he floor surface when he lost his balance and fell 74 ft off the building to the ground. He was killed. There was no perimeter guardrail system in place in the area where Employee #1 was standing.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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