OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #712273
GERALD SCHRAG
COQUILLE, OR·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM THIRD FLOOR LEVEL
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON OCTOBER 29, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES W SICIAN AND NURSE, THEN TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION WITH A FRACTURED LEFT LEG AND FRACTURED RIGHT KNEE CAP. ERE LOWERING A GROUT HOSE FROM THE THIRD FLOOR. THE HOSE WAS DRAPED OVER THE TOP OF THE GUARD RAIL, THEN OVER THE BUILDING'S EDGE. THE CONTROL CORD FOR THE GROU T PUMP WAS ATTACHED TO THE SAME GUARD RAIL. THE HOSE HUNG UP ON THE CORD AND ALL OWED TO "BELLY" AND ACCUMULATE SLACK. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE HANG UP. HE WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT WHEN THE SLACK IN THE HOSE WAS SUDDENLY RELEASED THE GUA RDRAIL TOP WAS SUBJECTED TO MORE WEIGHT THAN IT COULD HANDLE. THE RAIL WAS YANKE D OVER THE SIDE, TAKING EMPLOYEE #1 WITH IT. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET, STRI KING THE LOWER LEVEL THEN THE GROUND. HE WAS QUICKLY ATTENDED TO BY A NEARBY PHY
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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