OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #994046
BOB MCCASLIN ANCHOR CO INC
GEORGETOWN, KY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL 47 FEET FROM STEEL BEAM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A STEEL CONNECTOR, HAD SET BOLTS ON ONE END OF A PURLIN. HE THEN WA LKED ACROSS, UNHOOKED THE BULL HOOK AND PROCEEDED TO HELP HIS PARTNER WITH HIS E ND. THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A SLEEVER BAR AND SPUD WRENCH IN THE END OF THE PUR LIN. THE RIG WAS FLAGGED UP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY TIED OFF TO THE PURLIN, WITH HIS LANYARD CLIPPED TO THE PURLIN FLANGE. THE BULL HOOK SNAGGED THE PURLIN, PICKING UP THE UNSECURED END. THE SLEEVER BAR OR SPUD WRENCH STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE FACE, KNOCKING HIM FROM THE PURLIN. HE FELL 47 FEET TO A CONCRETE FLOOR. APPARENTLY HIS LANYARD WAS NOT SECURELY FASTENED TO THE PURLIN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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