OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506448
THE NEENAN COMPANY
BOULDER, CO—
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF LEVEL BAR JOISTS
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 24FT FROM THE ROOF LEVEL (APPROX. 2-STORIES) WITH THE B TS AND VICTIM FELL TO THE GROUND. DECEASED DIED OF A SKULL FRACTURE. THE 2NTHE 2 ND. IRON WORKER WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON TO CRANE CABLE AND WAS UNINJURED. AR JOISTS HE WAS ON TOP OF, WHEN A FORKLIFT PASSING BELOW JARRED THE STRUCTURE C AUSING THE JOISTS TO FALL. THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT FRAMED IN AT LEAST TWO DIRECTIO NS. GUY WIRES WERE NOT USED TO CROSS BRACE, AND BAR JOISTS HAD NOT BEEN FIELD BO LTED OR WELDED AT COLUMNS. THE VICTIM AND ANOTHER IRON WORKER WERE LANDING BAR J OISTS AT THE ROOF LEVEL OF BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. VICTIM WAS ON THE JOISTS AND HAD JUST UNHOOKED CABLE RELEASING HIS END OF THE LOAD FROM THE CRANE, WHEN A FORKLIFT, WITH MASTPARTIALLY RAISED, ATTEMPED TO PASS UNDER A 1ST LEVEL I BEAM . FORKLIFT MAST STRUCK THE BEAM KNOCKING THE COLUMN LINE OUT OF PLUMB-- BAR JOIS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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