OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478283
WR GRACE INC, CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIV.
PORTLAND, ME·
Event description
Employee injured in 25 ft fall from balcony
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was filling a chemical tank on the second floor of a building by pum ping the chemical through a 4 in. diameter hose from a truck parked outside the building. After filling the tank, Employee #1 began to lower the hose to the tru ck with a rope while standing at the edge of an unguarded balcony. He apparently lost his footing and fell about 25 feet to the ground. He suffered a broken arm and multiple head injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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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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