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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978775

FRACTURE,SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,CONCRETE

Event
FRACTURE,SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,CONCRETE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
978775
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee injured in 25 foot fall

Investigation abstract

At 2:05 p.m. on March 21, 1989, Employee #1 was guiding a form into place in the lobby area of a construction site in Tucson, Arizona. He lost his balance and f ell 25 ft 8 in. to the floor. He was critically injured and hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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