OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777680
A D CONST CO
MAGNA, UT·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by steel bundle
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were off loading bundles of Q-type decking. As one en d was being guided into place by Employee #1, the load shifted due to ice on the metal. As it did, the nylon sling was cut by a piece of protruding sheet metal. One end of the load dropped and pinned the employee to the ground. The other en d of the sheet metal bundle remained suspended. Employee #1 suffered multiple fr actures and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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