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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001767

BOARD,CHEST,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONTUSION

Event
BOARD,CHEST,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
1001767
Report ID
751910

Event description

STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY A FALLING BOARD

Investigation abstract

On August 1, 1985, employee #1, a concrete driver, was delivering a load to a co nstruction site. He went under a scaffold being torn down without wearing a hard hat. For some reason, he took cover in a basement window. He was struck in he c hest by a falling board. He was taken to a hospital on a back board by the fire department. Employee #1 suffered bruised ribs.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    6
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    804
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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