OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980722
MIKE CARTER FOODS INC
ELWOOD, IN·
Event description
Employee dies of head injuries after fall
Investigation abstract
Between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on November 14, 1988, Employee #1 either had performed or was performing building maintenance on the east side of a building or a roof when he fell no more than 15 1/2 feet from either the roof or from a ladder. He sustained severe head injuries, from which he died the next day.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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