OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297824
CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,LOST BALANCE,UNTRAINED,WORK PLATFORM,CONTUSION,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM WORK PLATFORM TO GROUND; INJURED LEG
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A 16 YEAR OLD, WORKING BY PERMIT. THE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTIO UCTION DEBRIS AND SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT FEMUR. HE WAS TAKEN BY THE R ESCUE SQUAD TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY CARE. HE WAS RELEASED IN THE E ARLY AFTERNOON OF THE SAME DAY AND TOLD TO REMAIN OFF DUTY FOR 9 DAYS. N WAS A ONE STORY OFFICE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS BEING ERECTED USING "MORGEN" SCAFFOLDING. THE MATERIAL (STOCKING) PLATFORM WAS 70 INCHES WIDE AND WAS LOCATE D ABOUT 20 INCHES ABOVE THE MASON'S PLATFORM. THE TOP OF THE WALL BEING WORKED O N WAS 15 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. WORK ON THE WALL STARTED ABOUT 5:30 AM. BY ABOUT 8:30 AM, WORK HAD PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE THE MATERIAL PLATFORM WAS 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PICKING UP BRICKS ON THE MATERIAL PLATF ORM WHEN HE STEPPED ON ONE OF THE BRICKS. THE BRICK ROLLED UNDER HIS FOOT, CAUSI NG HIM THE LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL OFF THE PLATFORM. HE LANDED ON SOME CONSTR
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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