OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304406
HOLDEN CONSTRUCTION INC.
ANCHORAGE, AK·
Event description
FALL FROM BEAM
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 22 FEET WHILE STANDING ON A BEAM AND PULLING A PURLIN OUT FROM A BUNDLE. THE VICTIM WAS WALKING ON AN 8" I-BEAM PULLING OUT PURLINS. THE PURLIN S WERE IN BUNDLES AND HAD TO BE BROKEN APART WITH A SPUD WRENCH. IN DOING THIS T HE VICTIM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 22'. THE VICTIM WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR APPR OXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. BEFORE HE DIED. THE VICTIM DID NOT DIE FORM THIS FALL RELAT ED ACCIDENT. DURING A MOVE FORM ONE TABLE TO ANOTHER, WHILE THE VICTIM WAS ANEST LPIZED, HE WAS DROPPED SUBSEQUENT TO WHICH HE EXPERIENCED A CARDIOPULMONARY ARRE ST AND WAS NOT RESUSITATED DESPITE CPR ATTEMPS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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