OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744532
UNITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
FULTON, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED; FELL & STRUCK BY FALLING DOOR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:50 PM ON FEBRUARY 8, 1988, SEVERAL WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A 12D NAILS USED TO ATTACH THE 2 BY 4S TO THE FASCIA WERE 3 1/2 INCHES LONG. 9 FOOT WIDE SLIDING GLASS DOOR AND DEADLITES IN A FIRST FLOOR WALL OPENING. THE OPENING WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET, 7 INCHES ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. TWO 2 BY 4 BRACES ABOUT 2 FEET APART WERE SECURED TO THE WALL BY SIX 12D NAILS AND A 2 INCH BY 12 INCH BY 12 FOOT BOARD WAS SECURED TO THE TOP. THE SLIDING DOOR AND IT'S FRAME W EIGHED ABOUT 225 TO 250 POUNDS. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ON THE BOA RD OUTSIDE WHEN THE BRACE PULLED AWAY FROM THE WALL. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GRO UND AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT 4 FEET. THE SLIDING DOOR FELL ALSO AND STR UCK EMPLOYEE #1. HE SUFFERED A CRACKED VERTEBRA AND BRUISES TO HIS LEFT HIP. THE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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