OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822619
WF WILSON & SONS INC
ELKRIDGE, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED WHEN HE FELL FROM ATOP WALL
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 11:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 30, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A PIPELAYER, AND ONE OTHER TIONS FROM THEIR EMPLOYER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES. EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE LOCATED AT PLUMTREE DRIVE, ELLIOTT CITY, MD. HE WAS A EMPLOYED BY W.F. WILSON & SONS, INC. THE TWO WORKERS WERE CON STRUCTING A GABION WALL, USING HEAVY WIRE BASKETS (3 FEET BY 3 FEET BY 12 FEET) FILLED WITH ROCKS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON TOP OF THE 18 FOOT HIGH WALL LACING THE GA BIAN BASKETS TOGETHER WITH WIRE TWISTED TIGHT WITH PLIERS. THE PLIERS SUDDENLY P ULLED FREE FROM THE WIRE, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL FROM THE WALL. THE JOB WAS WELL SUPERVISED BY THE JOB FOREMAN AND THE EMPLOYER DOES F URNISH PPE WHEN REQUIRED. THE EMPLOYEES ALSO RECEIVE SAFETY TRAINING AND INSTRUC
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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