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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971515

FRACTURE,GUARDRAIL,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,PELVIS,CATWALK,FALL,LOST BALANCE,VERTEBRA,WRIST

Event
FRACTURE,GUARDRAIL,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,PELVIS,CATWALK,FALL,LOST BALANCE,VERTEBRA,WRIST
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
971515
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee suffers fractures in fall from catwalk

Investigation abstract

At about 1:10 a.m. on November 14, 1989, Employee #1 was installing a video came en left wrist. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital by ambulance. ra in the ceiling area above the sales counter. Employee #1 was on an unguarded suspended catwalk above the ceiling tiles. While reaching for an electrical cord , he lost his balance and fell from the catwalk through the ceiling tiles, onto a display rack, then to the tiled concrete floor. The catwalk was about 8 to 10 inches above the ceiling tiles and the display rack was about 8 feet from the ce iling; the ceiling to floor distance was about 11 feet. The accident was witness ed by another employee who was assisting in the installation. The injuries susta ined included a pelvis broken in three places, a broken T-7 vertebra, and a brok

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    533
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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