OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978775
FRACTURE,SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,CONCRETE
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
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#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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