OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295943
HEAD,JOIST,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,NECK,SLIPPERY SURFACE,FROZEN,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL, STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR JOIST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAYING 4 FOOT BY 8 FOOT SHEETS OF PLYWOOD ON WOODEN FLOOR JOISTS . HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED CUTTING AND NAILING DOWN THREE ROWS OF PL YWOOD ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A CONDOMINUM. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN HAD TO MOVE A STACK OF PLYWOOD OUT OF THE WAY SO HE COULD LAY THE FOURTH ROW. AS HE STARTED TO MOVE THE PLYWOOD STACK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ONE OF THE JOISTS AS HE FELL 7 FEET, 9 INCHES TO THE PLYWOOD FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERA TION TO HIS HEAD AS WELL AS MINOR BACK AND NECK INJURIES. THE FLOOR JOIST WAS SL IPPERY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AS IT WAS COVERED WITH FROST. THE JOISTS WER E 22 INCHES APART.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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