OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221587116
75798 - T GUZMAN CONTRACTORS
COLUMBIA, SC—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from elevation
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 a.m. on July 2, 2023, Employee #1 got into a box filled with stones that was resting on the forklift forks. Employee #1 instructed the forklift operator to lift him up to the third-floor balcony. The box fell apart, and Employee #1 fell approximately twenty feet and landed on the concrete patio. Employee #1 died due to fatal injuries at the scene.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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