OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821173
HEAD,WIRE ROPE,PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY WIRE ROPE BRIDLE HOOK
Investigation abstract
AT 11 AM ON FEBRUARY 16, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A CARPENTER, WAS WORKING ON A CONSTR UCTION SITE LOCATED AT 7144 FOUNTAIN ROCKWAY, COLUMBIA, MD 21045. THE EMPLOYEE W AS ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOOKING TWO WIRE-ROPE LEGS OF A FOUR LEG WIRE ROPE BRIDLE TO THE TWO LIFTIN G EYES OF A PRE-FAB SECTION OF WALL. HE ATTACHED THE TWO UNUSED LEGS OF THE BRID LE TO THE CHOKER EYE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WAY. WHILE ATTACHING ONE OF THE HOO KS TO THE PRE-FAB LIFTING HOOK ONE OF THE UNUSED WIRE LEG HOOKS CAME LOOSE FROM THE CHOKER EYE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED. HE WAS NOT WEARI NG A HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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