OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236830
GUARDRAIL,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee injured in fall from platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing a ladder up to a lighting platform in an auditorium. He climbed onto the lighting platform, removing the guardrail but not replacing it. He was starting to drill the concrete for an anchor lag placement when he lo st his balance and fell 12 ft to the seating area. He was hospitalized. Employee #1 stated that he had been told by the field superintendent not to work on the platform without the guardrail in place.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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