OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296487
LOADING,PLATFORM,WORK RULES,FALL,SPRAIN
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL OR JUMPED FROM PLATFORM, 39 INCHES TO A STACK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO MOVE SOME BOXES (9 FEET, 23 1/2 INCHES SQUARE AND 5 OYEE HAD BEEN TRAINED IN STOCK HANDLING. 3/4 INCHES THICK, WEIGHING ABOUT 8 POUNDS) WHICH CONTAINED CHARCOAL GRILLS. HE U SED AN 8 FOOT WOODEN STEP LADDER TO CLIMB UP TO A STEEL SHELF WHICH WAS 3 FEET W IDE AND 90 3/4 INCHES LONG. HE HAD CEASED WORK AND WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF TH E PLATFORM WHEN HE WAS TOLD TO COME DOWN. HE LATER SAID THAT THE LADDER WAS MOVE D AWAY FROM HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. TWO WITNESSES, STANDING WITHIN 10 FEET OF EMPLOYEE #1, REFUTE HIS STATEMENT, SAYING THAT HE DELIBERATELY JUMPED ONTO A STA CK OF BOXES UNDER HIM. THE BOXES WERE ABOUT 39 INCHES BELOW HIM. HE SUSTAINED ST RAINS AND SPRAINS TO HIS RIGHT ELBOW, RIGHT KNEE, BACK AND RIGHT THUMB. THE EMPL
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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