Abstract: At 7:15 a.m. on February 19, 2000, Employee #1 was engaged in a project to modify some ductwork above the kettles in the kitchen of a food processing facility. He used an extension ladder to reach an elevated stainless steel platform above the T-bar ceiling. Immediately after getting up on the platform, Employee #1 fell approximately 14 ft through one of the ceiling tiles and landed, head first, on the floor. He was transported to Dinuba Hospital and then to University Medical Center in Fresno, CA, where he was pronounced dead. The elevated platform was not equipped with any guardrails. Employee #1 had a safety harness and had been trained in its use, but he did not have the harness on nor was the line attached to a secure point on the building. The employer was cited for a serious, accident-related violation of T8CCR 1670(a), for failing to insure that employees used a safety harness when exposed to a fall in excess of 7 1/2 ft.