OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540314
GEORGE CAMPBELL PAINTING CORPORATION
CHELSEA, MA—
Event description
FALL FROM STRUCTURAL STEEL MEMBER
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 11, 1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 A.M, AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS LATE FOR WORK MIS SED THE WORK TRUCK WHICH TRANSPORTED EMPLOYEES TO PLACE OF WORK ON UPPER DECK OF BRIDGE. THE EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO CLIMB A BRIDGE COLUMN TO REACH HIS PLACE OF WOR K. WHEN HE REACHED A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 35 FT. ABOVE GROUND LEVEL HE LOST H IS GRIP ON THE COLUMN & FELL TO THE PAVEMENT BELOW.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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