OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195937
R E LINDER STEEL ERECTION COMPANY INC
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS THROUGH CEILING ONTO CONCRETE ROADWAY
Investigation abstract
An employee of R.E. Linder Steel Erection Company Incorporated was removing defe ctive washers from ceiling panel j-bolts (3.25 inches by 0.375 inch thick). Ceil ing panels measured 2 ft 4 inches wide, by 6 ft 9.5 inches long, and contained f our bolts each. The employee stepped on a panel with two bolt-nuts already remov ed on one side. As the panel end fell out from the ceiling, the employee fell 25 feet to a concrete roadway below. He was hospitalized for treatment of bruises, contusions, and abrasions.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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