OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14541668
POTTER & SHACKLEFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
COLUMBUS, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL OVER ROOF EDGE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM ON MARCH 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING GUARDRAILS AND CLEANING UP THE AREA WITH THE HELP OF A COWORKER. THE MASONRY CREW HAD JUST COMPLETED THEIR JOB OF POURING THE BOND BEAM AT THE TOP OF A 25 FOOT HIGH WALL F OR AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS CO-WORKER SET 14 OF 30 ANCHOR BOLTS IN THE BOND BEAM WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 25 FEET OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROOF, STRIKING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE AXLE OF A FORKLIFT PARKED BELOW. SCAFFOLDING WAS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEE #1'S USE, AND IN FACT WAS USED BY THE MASONS FROM INSIDE THE SHAFT . A SEPARATE SCAFFOLD HAD BEEN ERECTED ALONG THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE SHAFT AND C OULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SET THE ANCHOR BOLTS.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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