OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251177
BEAM,PARALYSIS,BOLT,FALL,NECK,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE PARALYZED IN FALL FROM STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAM
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sitting with his legs on either side of a steel beam that was 38 feet, 4 inches above the ground. The employee was getting 2 inch long structura l steel connecting bolts from a 5 gallon bucket that was sitting on the same bea m. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell backward off of the beam, striking anot her steel beam as he fell to the ground. Employee #1 was paralyzed from the neck down.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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