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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14434351

FRACTURE,INSTALLING,COOLING TOWER,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRAIN,HIP

Event
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,COOLING TOWER,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRAIN,HIP
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14434351
Report ID
951510

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

  1. #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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