OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893362
INSTALLING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL
Event description
Employee injured in 7 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the owner of the company, was working on a ladder while Employee #2 was working on an unfinished balcony. Together the employees were installing th e framing for the balcony. A brace broke and they fell approximately 7 ft to the frozen ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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