OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525539
RODGERS CONSTRUCTION INC
FT PIERCE, FL—
Event description
Employee killed in fall when guardrail gives way
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was chipping concrete from a column on the edge of the 13th level of a building when he lost his balance. His left foot went off the floor's edge an d he grabbed for the top rail of the guardrail, which was wire rope. The guardra il was approximately 16 in. outside of the sheer wall and the support part of th e guardrail came loose from the concrete slab. Employee #1 fell to the ground an d was killed.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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