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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691030

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL

Event
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
691030
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in 13 ft fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was moving a skip full of trash from one level to another. The skip was sitting inside a perimeter rope on the second floor. The employee had hooked two wire ropes to the skip, then stood outside the perimeter ropes and radioed the tower crane to raise the skip. When the weight was taken up by the crane, th e skip swung out from under the perimeter rope, causing Employee #1 to fall 13 f t to the first floor. He was taken to a hospital, where he was released after ob servation.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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