OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975730
BEN HUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS AND DIES WHILE CLIMBING A STEEL COLUMN
Investigation abstract
At 1:00 p.m. on March 28, 1988, Employee #1 was 8-ft above ground climbing a 42- in. by 30-in.- by-25-ft-8-in. steel column unhooking it from the crane. Employee #1 lost his grip and fell to his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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