Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305874

WALKER STEEL ERECTORS

Event
WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#18427468
Employer profile
WALKER STEEL ERECTORS
Summary number
14305874
Report ID
454712

Event description

Employee injured in fall from stairway opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on the seventh floor of a building, using a crowbar to w edge a section of the stairs in place. When the crowbar slipped, he fell approxi mately 65 ft to the ground, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    22
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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