OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517577
TOMPKINS-BECKWITH, INC. CONTRACTORS
PALATKA, FL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ELEVATED PLATFORM
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING A PLATFORM, LOCATED ADJACENT TO A CHIP STORAGE TAN CONVEYOR. HE WAS KILLED. K, WHICH WAS ABOUT 54 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. THEIR OXYGEN CYLINDER (FOR THEIR O XYACETYLENE TORCH) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETED CUTTING LOOSE ONE END OF THE PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE #1 STAYED UP ON THE STORAGE TANK TO KEEP OTHER EMPLOYEES OFF THE CUT STEEL WHILE THE OTHER TWO WENT FOR OXYGEN. JUST AS THE OT HER TWO RETURNED, EMPLOYEE #1 YELLED AT OTHER NEARBY EMPLOYEES TO SEND THE ROPE (TAG LINE) OVER TO HIM. HE WALKED OVER TO THE HAND RAIL ON A 2 BY 12 INCH BOARD WHICH WAS LAID OVER THE CUT STEEL. WHEN HE RECEIVED THE TAG LINE, HE TURNED AND STEPPED ONTO THE CUT STEEL. IT GAVE WAY. HE FELL 54 FEET TO THE TOP OF A COVERED
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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