OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434039
HAWAIIAN DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION CO
EWA BEACH, HI·
Event description
Employee injured in 17 ft fall from I-beam
Investigation abstract
At 9:48 a.m. on May 5, 1988, Employee #1 was walking on a 10 in. wide I-beam. Wh en he turned 90 degrees on the beam, he lost his balance and fell 17 ft to the c ompact coral dirt floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a concussion; lacerat ions, contusions, and bruises on the right side of his face and scalp; bruises a t the right iliac area; and several fractured ribs on the right side of his ches t. He also developed a small blood clot on the left side of his brain. Employee #1 had been wearing a safety belt and lanyard before the accident, but had remov ed them.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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