OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #910745
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING
Event description
Employee killed in fall through floor opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was getting a sprinkler pipe to use in the installation of automatic fire sprinklers above a permanent metal grate type floor. He fell 95 ft to the ground floor through a 2 ft by 3 ft opening. The opening had been covered by an unsecured piece of 3/4 in. thick plywood, 4 ft by 3 ft. Employee #1 died of mult iple trauma.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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