OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824326
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,ABRASION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,LOST BALANCE,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee injured in fall from bridge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Wing 60 lb jackhammer on a concrete bridge cap when the tip of the jackhammer slipped, causing him to drop it. He lost his balance and f ell 13 ft through an opening in the lagging boards. He sustained contusions and abrasions to multiple body parts, but was not hospitalized. There was no fall pr otection in use.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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