OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548655
E E BLACK LTD
HONOLULU, HI—
Event description
FALL FROM DIKE WALL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SETTING UP EQUIPMENT AT A PETROLEUM TANK FARM, PREPARING TO REPL FFERED BRUISES ON HIS HIPS. ON FEBRUARY 26TH HIS LEG WAS OPERATED ON AND A BONE GRAFT COMPLETED. ACE A TANK SEAL. HE WAS HAND FEEDING LEAD CABLES AND AIR AND WELDING HOSES WHILE STANDING ON TOP A CONCRETE DIKE WALL. THE WALL WAS 14 INCHES WIDE AND APPROXIMA TELY 14 FEET, 9 INCHES HIGH, LOCATED NEXT TO AN ASPHALT DRIVEWAY. AS HE WAS SWIN GING AN AIR HOSE AND LEAD CABLE ATTACHED TO A TAG LINE (TO CLEAR A PIPELINE AT T HE BOTTOM OF THE WALL), HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE WALL. HE LANDED ON TOP OF AN ARC WELDING UNIT. HE FRACTURED HIS LEFT LEG JUST BELOW THE K NEE AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT WRIST. HE ALSO DISLOCATED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS L EFT HAND AND SUSTAINED LACERATIONS ON HIS FOREHEAD, HANDS AND MIDDLE BODY. HE SU
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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