OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565568
W F CONELLY CONSTRUCTION CO
TUCSON, AZ—
Event description
Employee killed in 36 ft fall down stairs
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing permanent metal handrails on a stairway in the backst age area of an auditorium under construction. The stairway led to the platform o n which he was standing. Employee #1 was talking to one of his coworkers who was standing on another platform at the next level down. As Employee #1 started dow n the stairs, he missed the stair tread, and fell head first about 36 ft to the cement floor. He sustained head and chest injuries, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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