OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342737
FRACTURE,LADDER,PERIMETER GUARDING,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,CLIMBING ON COLUMN,FALL,TIE-OFF,OPEN-SIDED FLOOR
Event description
Employee hospitalized after fall from column
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 intended to climb a column to tie rebar at the edge of an open-sided fourth floor. No ladder was provided for safe access to the top of the column a nd no guardrails were provided at the floor perimeter. Employee #1 was wearing a safety belt but was not tied off because he was climbing. As he started up the column, using the horizontal members of the formwork in lieu of a ladder, he sli pped and fell four floors to the ground. Suffering several fractures and interna l injuries, Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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