OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211270
DECKING,FRACTURE,ROOF,STEEL,BUILDING,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE BREAKS RIBS AFTER FALLING FROM DECK
Investigation abstract
Two employees were installing corrugated steel decking to structural steel frame er of the building, and proceeded to cut the excess decking off using the electr ic welder. The foreman was standing beside Employee #1 holding the excess to pre vent it from falling off the side of the building when the cut was completed. Wh en Employee #1 completed the cut, the decking that he was standing on dropped ab out 2 inches into place in the angle iron causing him to lose his balance and fa ll. When he fell, he grabbed the angle iron, lost his grip, and fell onto a cind er block wall 6 feet above ground level. Once he hit this wall he fell 6 feet to the concrete foundation. He was transported by ambulance to Annapolis General H ospital and was diagnosed as having a fractured rib. work. This decking was being installed 19 feet above ground level and was to be the basic foundation for the roof. Employee # 1, an iron worker, and a foreman, were laying a piece of decking on the edge of the building which ran on a 45 deg ree angle to the square of the building. They laid down this piece of decking wh ich measured 4 feet by 10 feet and tack welded the inside edge of this decking t o prevent displacement. The other end of the decking hung over the edge of the b uilding. Around this edge of the building runs a piece of angle iron to house th e decking. Employee #1 was standing on this piece of decking, within the perimet
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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