OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977868
TENNESSEE ELECTROPLATING CO
RIPLEY, TN·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof of plant
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a production supervisor, was going to another part of the plant to check production equipment. He fell 20 feet from the roof of a production buildi ng onto a concrete surface and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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