OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14437727
CONSTRUCTION,FALL,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee sustains minor injury in fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was climbing a set of green iron to get into position to set timber for a new bridge deck. The crane operator was placing a load on another set of g reen iron. When the operator stopped lowering the load, he noticed that it kept coming down. He swung the load away from the crew and it struck a set of green i ron on which Employee #1 was standing. Employee #1 was knocked to the ground. He was treated for minor bruises and released. He was back on the job the next day .
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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