OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463897
TONN & BLANK INC
VALPARAISO, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN FALL
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON AUGUST 31, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING METAL TRUSS ES WITH A CRANE AT THE 32 FOOT LEVEL. A TRUSS WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE HOIST LI NE WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 TOOK A COFFEE BREAK. AFTER THE BREAK HE CLIMBED TO THE 48 FO OT LEVEL AND REMOVED THE LINE FROM THE TRUSS. THE TRUSS WAS NOT SECURE AND FELL, KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #1 FROM HIS POSITION AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL, WITH THE TRUSS, TO THE 32 FOOT LEVEL. HE WAS ASSISTED BY OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THEN REMOVED BY TH E FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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