OHBAYASHI CORPORATION

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING BUILDING STONE

AT 7:40 PM ON AUGUST 22, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A LABORER, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHE N A PIECE OF SHALL ESTIMATED TO WEIGH 300 POUNDS FELL ON HIM FROM THE BROW OF TH E TUNNEL PORTAL IN SHAFT #7. THE STONE BENT THE EMPLOYEE OVER AND SLAMMED HIS HE AD INTO THE ROAD HEADER HE WAS OPERATING. HE WAS ALSO KNOCKED OFF THE MACHINE. A S HE WAS LYING ON THE GROUND HE WAS STRUCK BY A SECOND STONE, WHICH CRUSHED HIS HIP, PELVIS AND ANKLE. OTHER INJURIES CONSISTED OF HEAD TRAUMA, CRACKED VERTABRA AND THREE VERTABRA WHICH BECAME FUSED BY THE IMPACT ON HIS HEAD.

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CHEMICAL BURNS WHEN HE FELL INTO TANK

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT A DIPPING TANK FILLED TO WITHIN 11 FEET OF THE TOP WI TH A SOLUTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE. HE WAS WORKING ALONE; NO WITNESSES WERE PRESE NT. HE LATER STATED TO CO-WORKERS THAT HE HAD SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR. HE FELL, FAC E DOWN, INTO THE TANK, SUFFERING BURNS TO 40-60% OF HIS BODY AND EXTREMITIES. HI S EYES WERE ALSO INVOLVED. HE WAS ABLE TO EXTRACT HIMSELF FROM THE TANK, AND IMM EDIATELY WENT TO THE ADJACENT WATER RINSE TANK FOR RELIEF. CO-WORKERS CAME TO HI S AID, HELPED REMOVE HIS CLOTHING AND TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY SHOWER, APPROXIM ATELY 40 FEET AWAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY PLACING A SMALL METAL BASKET CON TAINING STEEL PARTS INTO THE LARGE MECHANICAL LIFTING BASKET INSIDE THE TANK WHE N HE FELL. THE SMALL BASKET WEIGHED 28 POUNDS. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (GLOVES, BOOT S AND APRON) WAS USED. PLAIN SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS WERE USED AS A SUB STITUTE FOR CHEMICAL GOGGLES OR FACE SHIELD.