OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502694
MORRIS L STAUFFER CONST CO
WICHITA, KS—
Event description
FALL ONTO VERTICALLY PROTRUDING REINFORCING STEEL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES WERE ON THE ROOF OF A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS NAILING RAFTERS WHEN HE APPARENTLY FELL ONTO THE RAFTER HE WAS NAILING . E MPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 7 1/2 FEET ABOVE 1/2-INCH DIAMETER REINFORC ING STEEL, PROTRUDING VERTICALLY APPROXIMATELY 22 INCHES ABOVE THE CONCRETE FORM S. THE PARTIALLY NAILED RAFTER CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND LEVEL AND WAS IMPALED BY A STEEL REINFORCING ROD, WHICH ENTERED HIS NECK AND CHEST. HIS HEAD ALSO STRUCK THE CONCRETE FORM. THE TOTAL FALL TO GROUND LEV EL WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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