OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888826

BEAM,KNEE,FRACTURE,IRON WORKER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,TIE-OFF,STEEL CONNECTING,UNSTABLE POSITION

1989-08-22T00:00:00

Event: BEAM,KNEE,FRACTURE,IRON WORKER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,TIE-OFF,STEEL CONNECTING,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 888826
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee's knee injured in 68 ft fall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, an iron worker for approximately 15 to 20 years, and coworkers were bolting steel on top of a precipitator building under construction. At break ti me, Employee #1 removed his safety belt and lanyard and laid down on an 18-in.-w ide steel beam. He either rolled over or slipped while trying to get up and fell 68 ft to a metal grate floor, sustaining a fractured and dislocated knee. He wa s hospitalized for his injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
15

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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