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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709113

KNEE,FRACTURE,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
KNEE,FRACTURE,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709113
Report ID
854910

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN KNEE BY A-FRAME CENTER BEAM

Investigation abstract

ON FEBRUARY 27, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE SETTING UP A MOBILE "A" FRAME. THEY INTENDED TO MOVE A COMPRESSOR. THE LEG S OF THE A FRAME WERE HELD TOGETHER WITH BRACES. TWO LEGS HAD BEEN BOLTED TOGETH ER AND THE EMPLOYEES WERE TRYING TO BOLT THE OTHER TWO LEGS TOGETHER. BEFORE THE EMPLOYEES COULD GET BOLTS INTO THE BRACES, THE LEGS SPREAD APART, ALLOWING THE CENTER BEAM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK ON THE KNEE BY THE FALLING BEAM. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN KNEE AND WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    15
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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