OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14299697
ERECTION PROCESS,STEEL,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,FALL,BRIDGE
Event description
FALL FROM BRIDGE STRUCTURE TO WATER BELOW
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CEMENT PIER TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON THE STEEL CROSS FRAME P RIOR TO INSPECTION EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS BUT WERE NOT TIED OFF WHILE USING RACHET WITH AN EXTENSION. EMPLOYEE APPLIED PRESSURE TO RAC HET HANDLE WHICH APPARENTLY SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FAL L FROM THE CEMENT PIER INTO THE WATER BELOW, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 55'. TH E WATER WAS 6"-12" DEEP. ON DAY OF THE ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO BOTH LEGS RESULTING IN PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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