OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14294276
MEDFOR BLOWPIPE & FABRICATION
MEDFORD, OR·
Event description
Employee's head injured in fall with support structure
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting a section of blowpipe that was located between two saddl es on a 60 ft high support structure. He was tied off to the support structure. A crane and sling supported the blowpipe. The blowpipe collapsed and the portion attached to the crane swung and struck the support structure twice, causing it to collapse. Employee #1 suffered a head injury as he rode the structure to the ground.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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