OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446942
JOANNA PAINT COMPANY INC
DULUTH, MN—
Event description
FALL FROM SAND POT LADDER TO HIGHWAY BRIDGE SURFACE
Investigation abstract
ON 28 AUGUST 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 1735, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE T OF THE HOSE PULLED HIM BACKWARDS, AND HE FELL, FIRST STRIKING THE BRIDGE RAIL, T HEN FALLING TWENTY FOUR FEET, SIX INCHES TO THE SHOULDER OF I-35. HE HOSE FROM THE FILL COUPLING AT THE TOP OF A SAND POT. THE SAND POT WAS SITTIN G AT THE REAR OF A LOWBOY TRAILER WHICH WAS PARKED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET FROM THE EAST BRIDGE RAIL OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF I-35 AT THE 46TH AVENUE WEST O VERPASS. HE WAS STANDING ON A RUNG OF THE FIXED LADDER WHICH WAS WELDED TO THE B ODY OF THE SAND POT. HE WAS ABOUT THREE FEET ABOVE THE TRAILER BED. THE TRAILER ITSELF WAS SITUATED IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION ADJACENT TO THE BRIDGE RAIL. THE CO UPLING REQUIRED TWO HANDS TO REMOVE, SINCE IT WAS SECURED BY TWO DOGS ON THE FEM ALE SIDE OF THE COUPLING (ON THE HOSE). AS HE UNLOCKED THE COUPLING, THE WEIGHT
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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