OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977439
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from balcony
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing floor joists on a balcony when one of the 2 by 10 boa rds gave way, causing him to fall 10 ft 6 in. to concrete. He suffered a fractur ed skull and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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