OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198287
HIGH WIND,GUARDRAIL,FALL,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM AN OPEN SIDED BALCONY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE UNLOADING GYPSUM BOARD AND CARRYING IT INTO ROOMS IN A BEING CARRIED CAUSED EMPLOYEE #1 TO STEP OFF OF THE UNGUARDED OPEN SIDE OF THE BALCONY AND FALL ONTO A STACK OF LUMBER AT GROUND LEVEL. THE TWO SHEETS OF DRY W ALL THEN FELL ON HIM. HE WAS INJURED BUT NOT HOSPITALIZED. BUILDING WHERE IT WAS TO BE USED. A HYDRAULIC POWERED BOOM WITH FORK ATTACHMENT WAS BEING USED TO LIFT STACKS OF DRYWALL FROM THE TRUCK TO A FIRST FLOOR BALCONY . FROM THE BALCONY, TWO EMPLOYEES WOULD REMOVE TWO SHEETS OF DRY WALL PER TRIP F ROM THE FORK ATTACHMENT AND CARRY IT INTO THE BUILDING. EACH SHEET OF DRY WALL W AS 5/8 INCH THICK, 4 FEET WIDE, 12 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED 110 POUNDS EACH. THE BA LCONY FROM WHERE THEY REMOVED THE DRY WALL FROM THE LIFTING FORKS WAS 6 FEET WID E, 27 FEET LONG AND 10 FEET, 11 INCHES ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THERE WERE NO GUARDRA ILS ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE BALCONY. WIND BLOWING AGAINST THE DRY WALL AS IT WAS
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 883
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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