OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386742
SLIP,WALKING SURFACE,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,HOUSEKEEPING,PULMONARY EMBOLISM,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee dies after fall on slippery floor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in an aisleway en route to her workstation when she slipped and fell to the floor. She was hospitalized and died of a pulmonary embolism that de veloped during her hospitalization. Oil from overhead equipment is alleged to ha ve caused the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 687
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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