OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970475
BEAM,FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,BOLT,FALL,FOOT,LEG
Event description
Employee injured in fall when purlin slips off clips
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a building under construction. He was putting a girt on a clip and, while reaching to get the end of the girt, leaned against a purli n that had been bolted to the building. The bolts had come out of the purlin and , when the employee leaned against it, it slipped off the clips. The purlin and employee fell 15 feet to the ground. Employee #1 landed on his feet and then fel l over, breaking both heels and his left leg. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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