OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #965038
FRACTURE,WAREHOUSE,CONDUIT,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee injured in fall from conduit to concrete floor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on February 22, 1988, Employee #1, a journeyman plumb d began to thread the pipe, the oil can that he was using to apply lubricant to the pipe fell. The employee attempted to catch the can, lost his balance, and fe ll 26 ft onto a concrete floor. He sustained a fractured right femur, fibula, an d tibia and contusions to his head, chest, and left leg. (All measurements are a pproximate.) er, and a coworker, a plumber's helper, were preparing to thread an overhead gas pipe in a warehouse located in San Leandro, CA. The 1 in. diameter gas pipe, wh ich had to be capped off to conduct gas leak tests, was 28 ft above a concrete f loor, and protruded 3 ft from the west wall. The aerial lift that the two employ ees were using had been extended to the maximum 19 ft. Employee #1 climbed out f rom the extended aerial lift onto a ladder that had been set against the west wa ll and ascended to an electrical conduit that was located 2 ft below the gas pip e. He then climbed from the ladder onto the conduit. As he sat on the conduit an
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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