OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443550
SUNLAND FIRE PROTECTION, INC.
STAUNTON, VA·
Event description
Employee injured in 13 ft fall though stairway opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the mezzanine level of a building under construction, install ing piping for a fire protection system. He descended a 6 ft stepladder, which w as located near the edge of a 9 ft by 18 ft stairway floor opening. When he turn ed to pick up a pipe hanger, he stepped backward into the opening and fell 13 ft onto a cement floor. The floor opening was neither guarded nor covered.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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