OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675678
FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,AGRICULTURE,BACK,WALKING SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,GRAIN BIN
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ELEVATED WALKWAY INTO GRAIN BIN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A FOREMAN ON A TURKEY FARM, WAS WORKING ALONE, CHECKING GRAIN LEVEL L WALKWAY, WITH RAILINGS. OTHER PRIORITIES AT THE FARM HAD PREVENTED COMPLETION OF THE NEW WALKWAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. IT HAD NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT THE SU PPORT FOR THE WALKWAY WAS WEAK. S IN THE HOLDING BINS AT THE TOP OF A FEED STORAGE ELEVATOR. AS HE STEPPED OUT O NTO AN ELEVATED WALKWAY, WHICH CONSISTED OF TWO 2 X 12'S LAID PARALLEL OVER THE TOP OF THE BINS, THE SUPPORT BENEATH ONE END OF ONE OF THE PLANKS BROKE LOOSE. T HE WALKWAY COLLAPSED, AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE SLOPED BOTTOM OF ONE OF THE (E MPTY) BINS. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS BACK, BUT WAS NOT PARALYZED. THE WALKW AY WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANY KIND OF FALL PROTECTION. THE WALKWAY HAD BEEN USED ON A DAILY BASIS SINCE THE ELEVATOR'S CONSTRUCTION. APPARENTLY THE HAZARD HAD AL READY BEEN RECOGNIZED SINCE MATERIALS HAD BEEN PURCHASED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW META
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 477
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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