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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 98194.015 - Employee Falls From Elevated Work Platform And Is Killed

**Accident: 98194.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 08/14/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1255076.015	08/15/2017		Chesapeake Grain Company Inc.

At 1:00 p.m. on August 14, 2017, an employee was walking on a cat walk, leaned o n railing system, and the railing gave way. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the bottom of a pit and landed on a concrete floor. The employee suffer ed multiple fractures and blunt force trauma. The employee was killed as a resu lt of his injuries.

Keywords: catwalk, concrete slab, elevated work plat, fall, fracture, guardrail

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1255076.015	74	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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