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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970400

HEAD,SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
HEAD,SHOULDER,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
970400
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling objects

Investigation abstract

Two employees were moving a pump on a monorail with a chain block and carriage. The monorail had been cut off for construction work. When the carriage reached t he end of the monorail it came off the monorail and the chain block and carriage fell 35 ft. The block struck Employee #1 on his hard hat and knocked it off. Th e carriage fell and struck Employee #1 on head and shoulder. He sustained cuts o n his head and shoulder. Employee #1 was taken to Pioneer Valley Hospital, then to University Hospital.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    585
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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