OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14239941
FRACTURE,HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,CARPENTER,FALL,CONTUSION
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATED POSITION
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1984 EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, BOTH CARPENTERS, WERE IN AVICLE FRACTURE, AND 3. A PULMONARY CONTUSION. NOTE: EMPLOYEE #1 REMAINED UNCONS CIOUS UNTIL JANUARY 14, 1985. STALLING 2 X 4S ON A SWING SCAFFOLD, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SOUTH SECTION OF THE EXHAUST AIR DUCT. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE WAS ON THE SOUTH AIR DUCT AND EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON TOP OF THE NORTH AIR DUCT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PASSING 2 X 4S TO THE OTHER EM PLOYEE. HE PASSED OVER TWO OF THE 2 X 4S AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO STEP ACROSS THE 4 0 INCH DIVISION BETWEEN THE TWO AIR DUCTS. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL BETWEEN THE TWO DUCT S TO THE TURBIN FLOOR, 36 FEET 6 INCHES BELOW THE WORK AREA. THE TIME OF THE FAL L WAS 11:30 A.M. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HENNIPEN COUNTY GENER AL HOSPITAL, WHERE HIS INJURIES WERE LISTED AS: 1. SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA 2. LEFT CL
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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