OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296685
MOSCHONAS & MOSCHONAS
CABIN JOHN, MD·
Event description
Painter fractures elbows in fall from bridge girder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been hired as a bridge painter in the morning and was given 15 t to paint and fell. While he was falling he bent the bar toward the ground and s lid down it, dropping off the bar at an approximate height of 20 ft. Employee #1 landed on his feet and then fell onto his elbows and back, fracturing both elbo ws and straining his back. He was hospitalized for his injuries. o 30 minutes of on-the-job training by a coworker. Employee #1 was to paint the outside face of the bridge's fascia girder. He was to tie his lanyard to a movea ble 12 ft long, 5/8 in. steel bar that was to be placed through a 13/18 in. hole in the bridge's stiffener plates. When Employee #1 hooked into the bar he would then lean back, using his safety belt improperly for support purposes. Approxim ately 1 1/2 hours after he had been hired, Employee #1's lanyard pulled the bar out of the 17th stiffener plate hole as Employee #1 moved to the right to contin ue painting. Employee #1, not realizing that the bar was not secure, leaned back
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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