OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #950600
LARRY W. AUSTIN CONCRETE CONTRACTOR
SPRINGFIELD, VA·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling pipe
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on January 19, 1988, a concrete finishing crew was t aking a break while the concrete placement crew was waiting for more concrete on the second level of a building addition under construction. Employee #1 walked down the stairs to the first level and headed out from under the second level ju st as a 10-foot section of 5-inch steel pipe was being dropped down by the place ment crew. Employee #1 apparently heard no one call out a warning and was struck on the head and left shoulder by the pipe. He suffered a head laceration requir ing 12 stitches and a bruised left shoulder. Causal factors were a lack of adequ ate communication and that no protective helmet was worn by Employee #1.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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