OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350052
EMBOLISM,FRACTURE,DESCENDING,FALL,OFF LOADING,CART,INATTENTION,LEG
Event description
Stock clerk dies of pulmonary embolism after breaking tibia
Investigation abstract
On June 6, 1988, Employee #1, the lead stock clerk in building 20, stock room 11 , east end, third floor, was unloading a 28 in. high by 120 in. long by 48 in. w ide baggage cart. He misjudged the edge when stepping down and sustained a fract ure of the right tibia. Employee #1 died on July 30, 1988, of pulmonary thromboe mbolism.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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