OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236863
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION CO
ZEPHYR COVE, NV·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL 15 FEET OFF STEEP CLIFFSIDE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ROCK SCALING ON THE SIDE OF A STEEP (50 DEGREE GRADE) CLIFF. HE IED OFF TO THE SAFETY LINE WHICH HAD BEEN PROVIDED. THEY WERE ALSO UNAWARE WHETH ER EMPLOYEE #1'S INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY BEING STRUCK BY A FALLING ROCK OR AS A RESULT OF THE FALL. WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT, LANDYARD, AND A HARD HAT. A SECOND EMPLOYEE WORKING A BOVE EMPLOYEE #1 STATED THAT HE HEARD HIM FALLING. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE YELLED, T URNED AROUND, AND OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1 FALLING TO THE GROUND, APPROXIMATELY 15 F EET BELOW. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE ALSO SAID THAT HE SAW A ROCK ROLLING DOWN THE SLO PE IN FRONT OF EMPLOYEE #1. THE FOREMAN AT THE SITE STATED HE HEARD THE SECOND E MPLOYEE YELL. HE THEN TURNED AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE FORE MAN, HOWEVER, DID NOT SEE ANY ROCKS FALLING IN FRONT OF EMPLOYEE #1. THE FOREMAN AND THE SECOND EMPLOYEE BOTH STATED THEY DIDN'T KNOWN WHY EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT T
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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