OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489504
UNITED CONTRACTORS OF UTICA, NY INC.
NEW HARTFORD, NY—
Event description
Employee injured in 25 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing an approximately 70 ft long by 44 in. high roof bar joi st in the course of demolishing a building. The bolts connecting the bar joist t o the support steel and other bracing had been cut loose, so it was resting on t he support steel. Employee #1 was standing on the lower portion of the bar joist waiting to attach choker cables from a crane when the end of the bar joist slip ped from the support steel. Employee #1 rode the bar joist approximately 25 ft t o the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured leg and multiple bruises.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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