OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977223
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LACERATION,CONTUSION,FRACTURE,RAIL,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,ARM,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Three employees injured when struck by falling stair rail
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 were walking away from a building when for some reason t wo metal stairway railings fell from the seventh floor. The crane operator yelle d and Employees #2 and #3 jumped out of the way, sustaining minor cuts and bruis es. Employee #1 was struck by a railing and was hospitalized with a fractured ar m.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 543
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 543
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 543
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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