OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295828
LEE FOUNDATION CO, INC.
CROFTON, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER LOST BALANCE AND FELL 13 FEET INTO TANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A 13 FOOT HIGH CONCRETE WALL, EXTRACTING SCAFFOLD PL ANKS FROM THE FLOCCULATION TANK. AS HE BENT OVER TO REACH A PLANK BEING HANDED T O HIM BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL INTO THE TANK. HE SUFFER ED A SHATTERED ELBOW AND CRACKED PELVIS. FALL PROTECTION HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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