OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #659870
BEAM,KNEE,FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,SPRAIN,LEG
Event description
Employees injured as beam drops
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sitting on a beam behind the owner holding two drift pins (spud wrenches) on each side of another beam as the owner guided that beam into positi on and onto the spud wrenches. After removing both nuts from the bolts and closi ng it up against the web of the column, Employee #1 reached over to put the nuts onto the bolts. The beam they were sitting on suddenly started to drop down int o the ground, while the other end remained bolted to the horizontal I-beam. Empl oyee #1 suffered a leg fracture from the vertical beam falling on him. Employee #2 suffered a sprained knee when he jumped into the machine room pit.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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