OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400881
FALL,STRUCK BY,WORK RULES,CONTUSION,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE LOAD
Event description
STRUCK BY SWINGING LOAD; FELL 35 FEET TO FLOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 WERE RIGGING A LOAD OF REBAR TO BE HOISTED TO A HIGHER LEVEL . THE LOAD SWUNG WHEN IT WAS HOISTED. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS STRUCK AND KNOCKED OVER TH E EDGE OF A RAMP CUTOUT AS HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE LOAD. HE F ELL ABOUT 35 FEET TO A CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE ONLY BRUISED. TH E LOAD WAS RIGGED WITHOUT THE HOOK BEING CENTERED OVER THE LOAD TO PREVENT SWING ING.
Victims (6)
-
#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.