OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434351
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,COOLING TOWER,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRAIN,HIP
Event description
Employee injured by fall from cooling tower
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:20 p.m. on April 27, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were wo rking 34 ft high in a cooling tower frame, one level below the roof's deck, help ing millwrights attach a fan shroud (cover) to the foundation below the roof dec k. They were standing on two 2 in. by 6 in. on edge joists spaced about 3 1/2 in . apart, installing braces to bolt down the fan stack support. The coworker was drilling pilot holes and Employee #1 was driving nails in joists, when Employee #1 fell. He struck wooden frame braces as he fell to the concrete deck. Employee #1 sustained a skull fracture, a cerebral contusion, and a bruised right hip.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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