OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672881
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
ROME, IA·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from bridge
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on May 25, Employee #1 was puddling concrete in fron der a doctor's care. t of the paving machine. The pour started at mid-bridge and proceeded to the wes t end. As the pour neared completion, the puddlers and Employee #1 were forced t o stand on formwork and extended rebars, at the west edge of the bridge floor. E mployee #1 was at the extreme southwest edge of the bridge and was struck by the auger on the paving machine. When Employee #1 tried to get away from the auger, he fell approximately 8 feet to the adjacent ground level. On the way down he s truck braces and injured his back. Employee #1 finished the work shift and went to a doctor later that evening. Employee #1 was not hospitalized but remained un
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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