OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195192
K-O CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORPTED
JESSUP, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS RESULTING IN FRACTURED HIP
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was moving the shoring raker from a shored wall to another area of t he tank being erected. Employee #1 was performing work at a height of 14 feet. E mployee #1 was using a safety belt identified as a Klein Tool, Model 5488 with r e-bar assembly number 888. The re-bar assembly was 14 inches long with a drop fo rged snap hook and a latch. Employee #1 had hooked the snap hook onto the handle of a concrete metal form. While Employee #1 was removing the raker the safety b elt came unbuckled and Employee #1 fell 14 feet to the concrete decking below. E mployee #1 suffered a fractured right hip. Employee #1 has worked as a carpenter for more than 35 years and has been with his employer since April 7, 1986.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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