OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512222

WAUSAU HOMES INCORPORATED

WAUSAU, WI— 1984-08-06T00:00:00

Event: PLATFORM, HEAD, OVERHEAD CRANE, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, CRANE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1323286
Employer profile: WAUSAU HOMES INCORPORATED
Summary number: 14512222
Report ID: 521110

Event description

FALL FROM ELEVATED PLATFORM.

Investigation abstract

TWO MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A LIGHT FIXTURE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS RIDING ON A SAFETY PLATFORM (JOB MADE) BEING ELEVATED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS USIN G A HYSTER FORK LIFT TRUCK. THE SAFETY PLATFORM WAS STRUCK BY AN OVERHEAD "CRANE " BEING OPERATED BY EMPLOYEE #2, WHO DID NOT SEE THE MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES, NOR SEE OR HEAR THE TRUCK. THE PLATFORM BROKE OFF THE FORKS, DUMPING EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE FLOOR. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING HEAD INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2, THE CRANE OPERATOR, WAS GIVEN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR EMOTIONAL SHOCK.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
29

Event type
13

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.