OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393128
SCANDIA INC
NASORTON, LA—
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL 26 FEET
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT A COOLING TOWER UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE DOLET HILLS TO REACH A PLATFORM. SHE STEPPED ONTO THE PLATFORM AND WALKED ACROSS. SHE WAS H OLDING A SMALL BUCKET OF BOLTS IN ONE HAND WHILE GRASPING A NEARBY GIRDER WITH T HE OTHER. AS SHE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PLATFORM, SHE LOST HER FOOTING AND FELL 2 6 FEET. SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT AND LANYARD AND NO SAFETY NET WAS IN P LACE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEES USED A LADDER IN A TOWER CRANE A T THE SITE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SECOND STORY WORK LOCATION. POWER PLANT NEAR MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA ON JUNE 12, 1985. A WORK CREW WAS BEGINNI NG THE TASK OF INSTALLING TILE IN TOWER #3, APPROXIMATELY 26 FEET ABOVE GROUND L EVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 AND A FELLOW WORKER HAD BEEN INSTALLING FIBERGLASS ANGLE BRACE S ALONG A WALL IN QUADRANT #3. THEY WERE INSTALLING THE BRACES WHILE SITTING ON A 24 INCH WIDE PLANK PLATFORM 26 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THEY HAD NOT BEEN WEARI NG SAFETY BELTS NOR WERE GUARDRAILS OR SAFETY NETS PROVIDED. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED FROM THE PLATFORM ALONG A PREFABRICATED "I" BEAM TO A CENTRAL GIRDER LOCATED IN QUADRANT #3. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED TO A LOCATION WHERE SHE HAD TO STEP UP 34 INCHES
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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