OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #803205
STEEL BEAM,GIRDER,WORK RULES,SUSPENDED LOAD,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,CRANE
Event description
Employee injured in 17 foot fall when struck by girder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a steel structure 17 ft 4 in. high when a crane opera tor passed a small girder over him. The girder fell on top of Employee #1, knock ing him to the ground. He sustained a concussion and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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