OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464887
BEN HUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN FALL FROM RUNWAY
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 AM ON APRIL 7, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 AND A COWORKER WERE WORK ING ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY WERE CARRYING A M ETAL SHEET OF DECKING 32 FEET 5 7/8 INCHES LONG AND 3 FEET WIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN FRONT. THEY WERE WALKING ON A RUNWAY THAT WAS MADE UP OF A STACK OF IDENTICA L DECKING. THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL. EMPLOYEE #1 SAID HE FELT A SHOVE AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HE FELL 12 FEET 10 INCHES FROM THE 4TH FLOOR TO THE METAL DECKING ON T HE THIRD FLOOR. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A BROKEN FINGER AND BROKEN WRIST.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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