OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522445
INDUSTRIAL FIRST INC
BROOKPARK, OH·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from work platform on bridge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were each standing on 2 in. by 10 in. by 8 ft wooden 1 backward off the board. He fell into some wires that run above the RTA tracks, landing between the two tracks. He was killed. boards between two girders on a bridge. The coworker was on the south board, Emp loyee #1 was on the north board, and another coworker was atop the second girder . They were placing a diagonal brace between the two girders and needed to sprea d them another 1/2 in. The first coworker was holding a 4 by 4 by 7 ft 8 1/2 in. piece of wood and operating the bottle jack to move the two girders away from o ne another. Employee #1 installed the bolt and was putting the nut on the diagon al piece when the bottle jack and 4 by 4 apparently shot out toward him. The sec ond coworker took hold of the 4 by 4, but apparently the jack knocked Employee #
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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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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#982 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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#983 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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