OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256440
WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,BRIDGE DECK,FALL,LOST BALANCE,TIE-OFF
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM PIPEBRIDGE WALK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING THE LAST SECTION (36 BY 50 INCH ES) OF GRATING ON A PIPE BRIDGE WALKWAY. THEY WERE 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PICKED UP THE SECTION OF GRATING TO HAND TO THE OTHER WORKER, HIS SH OE APPARENTLY CAUGHT ON THE END OF AN EXISTING PIECE OF GRATING. HE LOST HIS BAL ANCE AND FELL THROUGH THE OPENING. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ON A SAFTY BELT BUT WAS NOT T IED OFF.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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