OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447791
FLOYD LARSON CONSTRUCTION CO
ROCHESTER, MN—
Event description
FALL FROM ELEVATION
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 8, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO PRY A PLANK F IRST LEVEL, 16 FEET BELOW. HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS FRACTURED. A STANDARD GUARDRAIL WA S NOT IN PLACE. ROM A WOODEN PARTITION WALL. THE WALL WAS LOCATED ATTHE SOUTH END OF THE EAST ST AIRWELL AT THE WINONA KNITTING MILLS OUTLET STORE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION). THE PLAN K HAD BEEN NAILED TO THE WALL SO THAT IT COULD BE LIFTED INTO PLACE BY THE LULL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN A DOORWAY TO THE STAIRWELL, WHICH WAS 16 FEET DEEP. A HORIZONTAL 2 X 4, APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE HALF FEET HIGH, WAS WEDGED INTO T HIS DOOR OPENING. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S FEET WAS PLACED ON THE WEDGED-IN 2 X 4, AND HIS OTHER FOOT WAS ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR (SECOND FLOOR). APPARENTLY, THE WED GED-IN 2 X 4 LET GO, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING AND FALL TO THE F
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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