OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #666263
QUALITY DRYWALL INC.
JAMESTOWN, RI·
Event description
Employee breaks back in fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and his foreman were on the fourth floor of a building receiving met al studding and drywall from a crane with attached forks. The material was to be used on the floor. As the crane lifted up a bundle of 4 ft by 2 ft long sheets of drywall, the load shifted as it reached the floor. Employee #1 moved to get o ut of the way of the sliding sheets and fell approximately 30 ft off the edge of the unguarded floor into a trash dumpster. He sustained a broken back and was h ospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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