OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14449391
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION,WRIST
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL 20 FEET, INJURING HIS WRIST
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM ON FEBRUARY 2, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED THE JOB THE EMPLOYEE IS RIGHT HANDED AND WILL BE UNABLE TO USE HIS RIGHT HAND FOR SOME T IME. OF STAPLING SOFFITS ON THE THIRD STORY BALCONY ROOF. HE HAD BEEN PROVIDED WITH A SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD. A SAFETY MEETING HAD BEEN CONDUCTED THE SAME MORNING, INSTRUCTING THE EMPLOYEES TO TIE OFF. (THE EMPLOYER HAD BEEN CITED FOR SIMILAR V IOLATIONS THE PREVIOUS DAY.) EMPLOYEE #1 WENT ONTO THE DECK, THEN CROSSED OVER A SAWHORSE SCAFFOLD TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE. HE FAILED TO ATTACH HIS LIFELINE TO HIS SAFETY BELT. HE SLIPPED ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE AND FELL 20 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE S UFFERED A BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT WRIST AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BRUISES. THE BROKEN BONE REQUIRED 18 TO 22 WEEKS TO HEAL BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BEHIND THE THUMB.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 9
- 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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