OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434245
PLATFORM,FALL,PIPE,STRUCK BY,CONCRETE,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF TRUCK PLATFORM AND WAS STRUCK BY PIPE
Investigation abstract
At 3:30 p.m. on October 24, 1989, Employee #1 was struck by a pipe and fell off the truck's platform. While removing a 5-inch steel pipe elbow to clear a set of concrete from the concrete pump truck piping system, a concrete broke loose hit ting the employee in the chest and face. The force of concrete blew the steel el bow towards employee's chest knocking the employee off the truck's platform. Emp loyee #1 was admitted to the hospital for three rib fractures and a concussion w ith cerebral contusion.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 516
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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