OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300107
HARFORD BUILDING SYSTEM
SAVAGE, MD·
Event description
Employee injured in 14 ft fall from I-beam
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on April 14, 1986, Employee #1 had climbed a scaffold zardous condition. , gotten onto a lenticulate I-beam, and was prying a kicker into place for weldi ng. Two coworkers, one on each side of him, were assisting him with prying and w elding. The weld broke, causing Employee #1 to lose his balance and fall 14 ft f rom the top of the beam to the dirt ground. He suffered a sprained ankle and a c ut on his chin from a piece of angle iron that required 16 stitches to close. Th e employees had received training in working on steel. Causal factors for this a ccident include failure to use a life belt and lanyard, both of which were on si te; failure to tie-off after leaving the scaffold; and failure to recognize a ha
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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