OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297626
WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Event description
Employee injured in fall from foundation wall
Investigation abstract
On June 19, 1987, Employee #1, of George's Construction, was walking along a 7-f t-high by 24-ft-long foundation wall to gain access to the other side of a five- unit townhouse. He slipped and fell 7 ft to the gravel surface of the basement, landing on his feet and then falling face first into a metal lolly column that w as lying on the floor. Employee #1 was treated and released from a local hospita l. Ladders were available for safe access, and Employee #1 admitted that another means of access was available. The employer was at another site.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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