OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195457
JONES OF ANNAPOLIS, INC.
ARNOLD, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINS FRACTURES TO HIS BACK IN FALL INTO DRYWELL
Investigation abstract
On August 28, 1985, Employee #1 and a coworker were lowered, by standing in a ba into the drywell approximately 37 feet sustaining fractures to his back and part ial paralysis. The employee was a volunteer fireman. However, he had received ve ry little training associated with drywell construction and their hazards. The e mployer did not have a safety program. The backhoe bucket was a Model Case 530 E xtendo Hoe. ckhoe bucket, into a drywell under construction. The employees worked for Jones of Annapolis, Incorporated. The drywell measured approximately 6 feet in diamete r by 37 feet in depth. The employees were lowered into the drywell as far as the backhoe could reach. Employee #1 climbed the rest of the way by rope to retriev e a ten feet section of plastic drain pipe which had fallen into the drywell. Em ployee #1 climbed back up the rope to the bucket but could not get into the buck et. The bucket was then raised with the employee on the rope. As the bucket clea red the drywell opening, Employee #1 could not hold on any longer and fell back
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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