OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735290
CECO CORP.
ROCK HILL, SC·
Event description
Employee knocked unconscious in 8 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 went beyond the safety cables onto a 9 ft 5 in. long by 5 ft 5 in. w ide patio in order to chip concrete from around a column. He put one foot on the patio and one foot on a 3/4 in. plywood form and began chipping. The centering on the plywood form had been removed and it gave way. Employee #1 fell 8 ft 5 in . to the concrete second floor. He was knocked unconscious when his head struck the piece of plywood, but he did not require hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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