OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #963850
PLATFORM,STEEL BEAM,GIRDER,SAFETY BELT,SLIP,ABRASION,FALL,CONCRETE,CONTUSION,FOOT
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL TO GROUND FROM STEEL STRUCTURE
Investigation abstract
At 10:00 a.m. on March 31, 1990, Employee #1 was on top of a 27-ft-2-in.-long st provided. The ground under the beam was concrete and hard compact soil covered w ith gravel. eel beam, supported on one end by a main support girder and on the opposite end by 6-ft by 6-ft-steel tube support. The top of the beam was 13.5 ft from the gro und. Employee #1 had completed making the connection between the beam and suppor t girder. He was required to travel across the beam using the 2 in.-wide flanges at the bottom to support his feet, to reach the end supported by the tube suppo rts. About halfway across his feet slipped off the 2-in.-wide flange, causing hi m to fall to the ground, resulting in hospitalization. Employee #1 was wearing a safety belt but was not tied off. A catch platform under the work area was not
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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