OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195937
CEILING PANEL,FALL,CAVE-IN,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS THROUGH CEILING ONTO CONCRETE ROADWAY
Investigation abstract
An employee of R.E. Linder Steel Erection Company Incorporated was removing defe ctive washers from ceiling panel j-bolts (3.25 inches by 0.375 inch thick). Ceil ing panels measured 2 ft 4 inches wide, by 6 ft 9.5 inches long, and contained f our bolts each. The employee stepped on a panel with two bolt-nuts already remov ed on one side. As the panel end fell out from the ceiling, the employee fell 25 feet to a concrete roadway below. He was hospitalized for treatment of bruises, contusions, and abrasions.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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