OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823385
BEAM,FRACTURE,IRON WORKER,BROKEN WELD,CONSTRUCTION,INEXPERIENCE,PELVIS,FALLING OBJECT,VERTEBRA
Event description
Employee fractures pelvis when pinned against beam by tower
Investigation abstract
On January 21, 1988, Employee #1, an iron worker, was replacing 17 defective ste oyee #1 did not routinely replace defective steel. He was hospitalized for his i njuries. el columns in a building in Frederick, MD. Employee #1 was on a platform at the 10 ft level of one of the shoring towers. The steel fabricator's guidelines for proper replacement of the columns had been followed and 16 columns had been repl aced without incident. However, while the last column was being replaced, a knif e clip weld pulled away completely from a column further down the horizontal bea m line, causing a beam to pull away from the shoring towers and collapse. The co llapsing beam pushed through the framework of the tower that Employee #1 was on. He suffered a fractured left leg, pelvis, and vertebrae in his lower back. Empl
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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