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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295067

FRACTURE,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TANK,SCAFFOLD

Event
FRACTURE,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TANK,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14295067
Report ID
355119

Event description

Employee sustained minor injuries in fall from runway

Investigation abstract

About 1:00 p.m. on July 20, 1989, Employee #1 was working in the floor of a sewa ge treatment sludge tank under construction. He ascended a ladder onto a concret e runway 48 in. wide by 100 ft long that was 14 ft above the concrete floor. He tripped on the runway where a perpendicular runway was being joined, and fell to the floor of the tank, grabbing braces on the erected wooden scaffold. Employee #1, who was without fall protection, suffered minor injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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