OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224422
SHOULDER,FLOOR HOLE,GRATING,NOSE,RIB,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED BY FALL THROUGH MISSING FLOOR GRATING
Investigation abstract
On March 8, 1989, Employee #1 and a supervisor were in a barricaded area on the mezzanine level of number 1 acid reclaim. Employee #1 had walked north by a floo r opening 31 inches wide by 88 inches long, which was a section of metal grating they had removed. Employee #1 was walking south looking through the grating sho wing a supervisor of a sub-contractor a section of abandoned condensation line w hich needed to be removed. This was located on the level below them. Employee #1 was looking back north and walking south when he stepped into the opening and f ell 9 foot 9 inches to a plywood floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with the fo llowing injuries; cracked ribs, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken nose.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 34
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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