OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691287

FRACTURE,BROKEN WELD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LEG

1987-06-02T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,BROKEN WELD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691287
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee's leg fractured when struck by steel bar

Investigation abstract

After Employee #1 had butt-welded an additional 2 ft onto several 3/8 by 6 in. b y 20 ft bars and begun to stack them. When the stack fell against the safety bar on the stand the weld holding the bar broke, causing the material to fall appro ximately 3 ft and strike Employee #1 on the right leg, fracturing it.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
18

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
783

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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