OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224679
L & G MASONRY, INCORPORATED
HERNDON, VA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER FRACTURED BY FALL FROM ELEVATED RUNWAY
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on July 19, 1985, Employee #1 fell approximately 45 feet from a runway at the Hallmark Office Building, which was under construction . The runway went from the material hoist to the 4th floor level of the building . Employee #1 had backed a wheel barrow out to the material hoist, loaded it wit h mortar, and started pushing it back towards the building when he evidently los t his balance and fell from the runway to the ground. There were improper railin gs on the sides of the runway, no mid-rail, and the top rail was improperly secu red. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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