OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691477

FRACTURE,FINGER,GLOVE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1988-03-23T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,FINGER,GLOVE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 691477
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling boiler spacer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was the ground man for a skyclimber work operation when a boiler tub e spacer broke loose from the top. The spacer fell, struck a protruding arch, an d then bounced outward into a cavity. The spacer then struck the opposing wall, bounced again, struck Employee #1 on his hard hat, and then on his left hand, br eaking the index finger and cutting his glove's outside palm. His right hand was not injured. The employee was in the ash collecting area.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
783

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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