OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002781
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,HOIST,INEXPERIENCE,UNTRAINED,VERTEBRA,FOOT
Event description
Employee injured in 16 ft fall in hoist bucket
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on May 9, 1989, Employee #1 was performing maintenanc e on the leaking gear box of a facility's refuse hoist. He was standing in the b ucket cart of the hoist when it suddenly fell approximately 16 ft to the floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fractured right foot and a fractured vertebr a. Although he was performing this maintenance for the first time, he had not be en instructed on how to safely access the hoist.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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