OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457139
DUCT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ductwork
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was mechanically installing drywall around ductwork, using the ductw ork as a work platform. He stepped backward, jabbing himself in the back with a sheet metal stiffener. As he lurched forward, he lost his balance and fell off t he ductwork. He bounced several times and landed on a duct transition 12 ft belo w.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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