OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14422455
BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,PULMONARY EMBOLISM,LEG
Event description
Employee fractures leg, dies of pulmonary embolism
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers drove out to a Boeing 747 at port #426 on the aircraft parking ramp at the Boeing commercial airplane group. Employee #1 fell and frac tured his leg. He died from a pulmonary embolism due to phlebothrombosis that ar ose as a result of his leg injury.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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