OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512081
FARRELL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
SAN ANTONIO, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM A CANTILEVERED SIDEWALK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHIPPING, GRINDING AND PATCHING A CATILEVERED SIDEWALK LOCATED 1 2 TO 13 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE CHANNEL FILLED WITH 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF WATER. TH E EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT NOR WERE GUARDRAILS INSTALLED. CARPENTE RS WERE REMOVING SCAFFOLDING AND FORMS BENEATH THE SIDEWALK AND TWO UNSUPPORTED PIECES OF PLYWOOD WERE LEFT EXTENDING BEYOND THE SIDEWALK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS KNEE LING WHILE PATCHING THE SIDEWALK FACE AND PLACED HIS HAND ON THE PLYWOOD. THE PL YWOOD CAME LOOSE AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL INTO THE CHANNEL, HITTING HIS HEAD ON A R OCK. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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