OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264550
STEEL BEAM,ROOF,DEMOLITION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CUTTING AND BURNING
Event description
Employee injured in fall while dismantling roof beams
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was straddling a horizontal beam that was connected to the steel tru ss frame of an abandoned mill structure that was being demolished. He was using a cutting torch to cut a steel beam. The beam that he was on came loose from the steel truss, causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 40 feet to the ground. H e was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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