OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #741553
B E K-DANCO CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
LUKE, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling metal part
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was replacing numerous components within a paper mill to rebuild it. While welding on a structural beam from a ladder, he was struck by a metal part that fell from approximately 40 ft overhead. Employee #1 fell from the ladder a nd required hospitalization. Employees were wearing hard hats and eye protection . It was found that the bolts had been removed from the metal part on both ends. The proper rigging had not been put in place to secure the part. Vibration from all the work going on made the part dislodge from its position and fall to the basement, where it struck Employee #1 and injured his pelvis, elbow, and knee.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HIP(S) (14)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.