OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14333058
HEAD,SLIP,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE
Event description
FELL TO CEMENT FLOOR WHILE CLIMBING WOODEN SASH RACK
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM ON MARCH 14, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING T ENT AT THE WINDY HILL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CLINIC. HE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO KEN NESTONE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED AND TREATED UNTIL HIS DEATH ON MARCH 18T H. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT STATED ONLY THAT THE DEATH WAS A RESULT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HEAD INJURIES; NOTHING MORE SPECIFIC. O CLIMB A WOODEN SASH RACK. THE RACK IS USED TO SUPPORT WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES W HILE SASHES ARE INSTALLED IN THE FRAMES. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT H E OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, PLACE ONE FOOT ON THE NARROW EDG E OF A 1 INCH BY 6 INCH PLANK ATTACHED TO THE SASH RACK. THE PLANK WAS 26 3/4 IN CHES ABOVE THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE WITNESS OBSERVED EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY SLIPP ING, LOSING HIS BALANCE, AND FALLING, HEAD FIRST, ONTO THE CEMENT FLOOR. EMPLOYE E #1 RECEIVED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID AT TH E SCENE BY A COMPANY OFFICIAL AND LOCAL PARAMEDICS. HE RECEIVED EMERGENCY TREATM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 729
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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