OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563076
MANHATTAN ROOFING & ERECTING, INC.
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY·
Event description
Employee's skull fractured in fall from I-beam
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:20 a.m. on August 4, 1986, Employee #1 was bolting up a horiz ontal structural steel beam 13 ft 6 in. above the concrete floor basement. He co mpleted this task and was attempting to leave when he apparently slipped on the lower flange of the I-beam. Employee #1 fell head first, suffering a fractured s kull and a herniated brain stem.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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