OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252266
PIEDMONT ERECTION AND RIGGING CO.
DURHAM, NC·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM BUILDING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO CARRY, PLACE AND HELP CONNECT 20 FOOT LONG SECTIONS OF ANGLE IRON ON THE TOP STEEL OF A 160 FOOT BY 200 FOOT BUILDING. EMPLOYEE #1 A ND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WALKING A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET ON THE FOUR INCH WIDE TOP OF CONNECTING JOISTS. THE JOISTS HAD BEEN PAINTED BY MISTAKE EARLIER IN THE WEE K, LEAVING A LAYER OF SLIPPERY PAINT DUST (ACCORDING TO THE FOREMAN). EMPLOYEE # 1 SLIPPED ON THE DUSTY JOIST, FELL ONTO THE JOIST AND THEN 32 FEET TO THE GROUND . THE GROUND THERE WAS WET AND MUDDY. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES, INCLUDING A BROKEN ANKLE. HE ALSO SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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