OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966556
PLATFORM,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,FALL,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in fall from platform
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 24, 1987, Employee #1, an experience d handyman carpenter who worked as needed for Shamrock Enterprises, was strippin g and cleaning material from an unguarded 23 ft wide by 8 1/2 ft high platform. He fell from the platform, striking his head on the compacted ground. Employee # 1 died of a fractured skull.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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