OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499735
FRACTURE,BACK,RIB,FALL,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL; SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS
Investigation abstract
ON FEBRUARY 6, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF A 110 FOOT LONG (FR IL A FEW DAYS LATER, AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL, THAT X-RAYS SHOWED THAT HE HAD SUFFERE D BROKEN RIBS! HAD THE FIRST X-RAYS BEEN READ CORRECTLY, THE EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TREATED INSTEAD OF BEING RELEASED. HE DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA DURING HIS STAY AT THE SECOND HOSPITAL, AND WITH HIS OVERALL POOR CONDITION TO BEGIN WI TH (3 PREVIOUS HEART ATTACKS), HE DID NOT SURVIVE. OM FLANGE TO FLANGE) GIRDER. THE GIRDER'S WEB WAS 8 FEET WIDE AND CONSISTED OF S TEEL THAT WAS 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH THICK. THE GIRDER WAS LYING FLAT ON THE FLOOR, ON TOP OF 4 INCH X 4 INCH WOODEN BLOCKS. THE GIRDER WAS APPROXIMATELY 16 INCHES OFF THE FLOOR. AS EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE FLANGE ONTO THE SHOP'S FL OOR, HIS FOOT STRUCK A 4 INCH X 4 INCH BLOCK. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, STRI KING HIS UPPER BACK AGAINST ANOTHER 4 INCH X 4 INCH BLOCK. HE WAS ABLE TO WALK A WAY, AND WAS NOT AWARE OF BEING HURT UNTIL LATER THAT EVENING WHEN HE EXPERIENCE D CONSTANT PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO A CLINIC FOR X-RAYS AND RELEASED. IT WASN'T UNT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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