OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516835
EAST COAST WELDING, INC.
MELBOURNE, FL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH A FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
AT 10 AM ON AUGUST 14, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS FOREMAN WERE DIRECTING THE SETT ING OF A STEEL "I" BEAM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EM PLOYEE #1 TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS INTO AN UNCOVERED FLOOR OPENING 12 FEET LONG BY 3 1/2 FEET WIDE. THERE WAS NO RAILING OR OTHER TYPE OF FALL PROTECTION PROVIDED. HE FELL TEN FEET TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS ELBOW. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A FRACTURED ELBOW.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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