OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467161
GULF STATES ASPHALT COMPANY INC
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED LOCATION
Investigation abstract
WHILE THERE WERE NO ACTUAL EYE WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT, IT IS APPARENT THAT EM PLOYEE #1 WAS EITHER WORKING ON THE ELEVATED SURFACE OF TANKS 4 AND 5 OR WALKING ON THE CATWALK. FROM ONE OF THESE PLACES, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO HIS DEATH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES AT THE PLANT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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