OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453905

PAUL RISK CONSTRUCTION

LANCASTER, PA· 2022-02-25T00:00:00

Event: Anchor, Back, Bolt, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hammer, Hip, Lost Balance, Pulling, Scaffold, Slip, Top Plate
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345896419
Employer profile: PAUL RISK CONSTRUCTION
Summary number: 221453905
Report ID: 0316700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee loses balance, falls from scaffold, and receives hi

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on February 25, 2022, an employee finished the top plate of a wall. As the employee attempted to pull back the plate over some anchor bolts with the claw hammer, the hammer slipped, and the employee lost balance and fell approximately twenty feet from a scaffold. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to the left hip and back.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
554

Fall distance
20

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