OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264246
DRAIN PIPE,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,NECK,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injured in fall into storm drain
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 p.m., Employee #1, a construction laborer who had been emp loyed by JWJ Contracting Co. for 14 years, and three coworkers were cleaning a p ortion of a newly constructed roadway. Employee #1 was working on the shoulder o f the roadway. As he stepped off a small dirt hill to the roadway, he fell throu gh an opening in the pavement that was covered with construction debris. Employe e #1 dropped into a 24 in. storm drain pipe and fell approximately 20 to 25 feet to the bottom, sustaining serious injuries to his back and neck.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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