OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548622

FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,HIP,LEG,OVERTURN

1987-06-26T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,HIP,LEG,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14548622
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling column form

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was stripping column forms while standing on 4 ft by 8 ft waferboard that was approximately 5 ft above a concrete floor. When a form began to tip ov er toward him, he jumped off and fell to the floor. The form fell on Employee #1 , who sustained multiple fractures to his arm, hip and leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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