OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802835
SOUTHLAND STEEL
ANDERSON, SC·
Event description
Employee injured in fall when girder collapses
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was erecting structural steel 31 feet above the ground with the help of a single crane. The crane dropped in place a 50 foot section that was bolted in at both ends of the columns. The employee went out on a steel girder that ha d not been secured with a bar joist. When he released the hoistline, the column and the girder fell over, causing Employee #1 to fall 31 ft. He sustained a brok en hip and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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