OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824946
COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRIDGE,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
Employee injured in fall from work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a bridge renovation project. He had removed the bridg e decking and was on a work platform cleaning with an air hose. The platform was constructed of finished 2 in. by 6 in. materials. One of the cross members fail ed, causing Employee #1 to fall 18 ft to the ground. He was hospitalized. Fall p rotection was available at the site but was not being used.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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