OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739722
WORK RULES,LOST BALANCE,FOOT,LEG,BEAM,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL,ARM
Event description
Employee injured in fall from steel beam
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:40 a.m. on March 29, 1989, Employee #1 entered the area above the dropped ceiling in stairwell #13. The space above the dropped ceiling resem bled a tunnel and measured approximately 4 ft 9 in. wide by 6 ft 3 in. high by 3 0 ft long. The area in which the employee gained access is approximately 9 ft 6 in. from the top of the stairway. Employee #1 was sealing the pipes into the wal ls and crawling on an 8 in. wide steel beam that ran the length of the stairwell . When he reached the area above the stairwell's bottom entrance, he lost his fo oting and fell approximately 26 ft to the floor. He broke his right heel, right femur, lower arm, and back.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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