OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002369
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (FOOD SERVICE)
IOWA CITY, IA·
Event description
Employee dies of blood clot following heel fracture
Investigation abstract
On September 11, 1986, Employee #1, a kitchen helper, was weak due to a flu. Whi le preparing to move a cart of meat off the loading dock, he began to lose his b alance. Instead of falling backward, he jumped off the 40 in. high dock, fractur ing his heels. On September 22, 1986, he died of a blood clot while in a nursing home.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 439
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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