OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296701
FRACTURE,JOIST,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,WALKING SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM
Event description
Employee fractures skull in 12 ft fall from joist
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the company president, was walking along a 3 3/4 in. wide steel bar joist that was 12 ft above a concrete floor. He was pushing a sheet of corrugat ed steel decking that was to meet up with a sheet that had already been laid dow n. He slipped and fell to the concrete floor, fracturing his skull, and breaking his right shoulder blade, right arm, and the middle finger of his right hand. E mployee #1 was not using fall protection.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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