OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444657
MCDEVITT & STREET COMPANY
RICHMOND, VA·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from elevation
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an experienced ironworker, was installing a slab runner near the ed ge of a freshly decked level. The level's perimeter was protected except for a 1 2 ft area at a corner. Employee #1 misjudged his location as he moved backward a nd fell to the minus 2 level, where he caught himself on rebar that was protrudi ng horizontally from a previously poured slab. Striking similar rebar on the min us 1 level had helped break his fall. The accident occurred on Employee #1's fir st day at a new job site.
Victims (6)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#984 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#985 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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