Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #801985

BIG H STEEL ERECTORS

Event
FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, HAND
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#105469126
Employer profile
BIG H STEEL ERECTORS
Summary number
801985
Report ID
454510

Event description

Employee's hand and arm fractured in fall to concrete floor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was erecting steel at a height of 16 ft 5 in. He fell to a concrete floor, sustaining fractures in his right hand and arm, for which he was hospital ized. Employee #1 was not using any type of fall protection, such as a safety be lt and lanyard.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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