OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346621
HEAD,HEMORRHAGE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
BLOW TO TEMPLE FROM FALLING OBJECT CAUSED HEMORRHAGE
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 16, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE MILL SHOP ON SITE. AS HE WAS REACHING FOR A PIECE OF WOOD ON THE SHELF, ANOTHER PIECE FELL AND HIT HIM ON TH E TEMPLE. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT TO THE PRIME CONTRACTOR. HE CLEANED HIM SELF UP (THERE WAS SOME BLOOD) AND CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE WEEK. ON SA TURDAY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED. AN AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT HE DIED OF A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT WHICH HAD OCCURRE D TWO DAYS EARLIER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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