OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348205

CONCRETE SLAB,HEAD,SLIP,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BRAIN

1984-09-04T10:15:00

Event: CONCRETE SLAB,HEAD,SLIP,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,BRAIN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14348205
Report ID: 418400

Event description

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, INCURRING SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES

Investigation abstract

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM, A WORKER NOTICED EMPLOYEE #1 WA NEXT DAY. THE SHOES HE WAS WEARING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HAD GROOVED SOLES . THERE WAS ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND THE CONCRETE SLAB WAS COVERED BY A ROOF. LKING EAST ON THE CONCRETE SLAB NEAR THE PEAR PEELER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT CARRYI NG ANYTHING AND HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS HARD HAT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE SAME WO RKER DISCOVERED EMPLOYEE #1 LYING PRONE NEAR THE SPOT WHERE HE HAD LAST SEEN HIM . EMPLOYEE #1'S FEET WERE FACING EAST. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CONCRETE SLAB WAS CL EAN AND DRY, THERE WERE A FEW PEAR RINDS FOUND AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE DIKE TO THE PEAR PEELER NEAR THE BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON ONE OF THE PEAR RINDS AND FELL, SUSTAINING A SUBDURAL INJURY TO THE BRAIN AT THE BASE OF THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED WHILE IN SURGERY THE

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
4

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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