OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295315
HEAD,STAIR,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,WALKING SURFACE,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,ANKLE,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee injured in fall on metal stairway
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was carrying a box of materials up a metal stairway from the second- to the third-floor work area when her foot slipped on a wet, empty metal pan. S he twisted her ankle, fell forward, and struck her head on the stairs. Employee #1 then slid down the stairs on her side, sustaining bruises and a possible back injury. The metal stairway pans and landings were not filled to the level of th e nosing with solid material.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 587
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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