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Accident Summary Nr: 14512115 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH VERTICAL DUCT

Accident Summary Nr: 14512115 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 06/08/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102344975	06/10/1987	1791	0	Rocky Mountain Fabrication & Engineering, Inc.

Abstract: AN EMPLOYEE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN FABRICATION AND ENGINEERING, INC, 8 MILES EAST OF LAGRANGE, TEXAS, WAS WORKING IN A BYPASS DUCT WHEN HE ENTERED A VERTICAL DUCT 76 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED THROUGH A SET OF LOUVERS INTO A UNLIGHTED VERTICAL DUCT AREA FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE VERTICAL DUCT WAS OFF LIMITS TO EMPLOYEES. AS PART OF EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, NEW EMPLOYEES WERE BRIEFED ON THE HAZARDOUS AREA SURROUNDING THE WORK AREAS. THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE FALL.

Keywords: HEAD, DUCT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102344975			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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