OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970970
PLATFORM,HEAD,GUARDRAIL,PPE,GLOVE,FALL,RESPIRATOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES AFTER FALL FROM PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
At about 1:30 a.m. Employee #1 working for a subcontractor at the Kennecott Smel as wearing to protect him from toxic dust. He had on disposable coveralls, rubbe r boots and gloves taped to the coveralls and a full face dual cartridge respira tor. Darkness may be also a contributing factor. ter when he fell approximately 35 ft while trying to step from one platform to a nother by going over the top of the guardrails. The platforms were about 2 ft ap art with one beam 3 ft below the other. Employee #1 stepped on the guardrail of the upper platform and was stepping down on the guardrail of the lower platform when he slipped and fell to the ground below. He struck his head and shoulder on a horizontal angle brace about 7 ft above ground level before striking the grou nd. Employee #1 suffered severe head injuries that led to his death 3 days later . Contributing factors may have been the personal protective equipment that he w
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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