OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976308
HUBER HUNT AND NICHOLS INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM ELEVATION, DIES
Investigation abstract
On January 8, 1988, an employee was climbing the face of a 23-foot-high wooden c oncrete form. The employee was using the horizontal members of the form as steps . At approximately 15 feet above ground level he lost his grip and fell, landing on a concrete footing. On January 13, 1988, the employee died from the injuries received in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 53
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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