OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535876
THE GEORGE H OLSON STEEL COMPANY
BRIDGEPORT, CT—
Event description
Employee injured in fall into floor opening, later dies
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:05 p.m. on March 26, 1984, Employee #1 was walking on the sec ond floor of a building under construction. Steel decking protruded several feet over an unguarded floor opening that dropped to a pit at basement level. One en d of this decking was unsupported. When Employee #1 stepped onto the decking, it buckled under his weight, and he fell into the basement pit. He suffered multip le injuries, and later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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