OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542807
JONES/RUSSELL
EAST POINT, GA—
Event description
FOREMAN FELL FROM UNGUARDED WORK AREA
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FOREMAN, INSTRUCTED OTHER EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE SOME GUARDRAILS SO THAT A JOB COULD PROCEED, LEAVING AN UNUSED AREA UNGUARDED. THE FOREMAN THEN MAN NED THE UNGUARDED AREA TO PREVENT FALLS. THREE HOURS LATER, THE FOREMAN FELL OVE R THE OPEN SIDED FLOOR HE WAS GUARDING, 18 FEET TO A LOWER LEVEL. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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