OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224612
MILLS BROTHERS CONTRACTORS
ALEXANDRIA, VA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM COLLAPSING BALCONY RAILING
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 pm on March 26, 1985, Employee #1 was preparing to install masonite siding on the exterior walls of a three- story apartment building. He climbed over the railing of the second floor balcony, which was at a height of a pproximately 15 feet above ground level, to get to the scaffold 3 feet below him . As he climbed down the outside of the railing to the scaffold, the railing gav e way causing him to fall to the concrete slab 15 feet below. He landed with his right hand hitting a piece of lumber at a shearing angle, which severely cut hi s hand. As a result, his right index finger was amputated. The extent to which h e will recover the use of the remainder of his right hand was not known.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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