OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447742

ATTIC,PLATFORM,JOIST,PELVIS,FALL,VERTEBRA

1984-03-23T00:00:00

Event: ATTIC,PLATFORM,JOIST,PELVIS,FALL,VERTEBRA
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14447742
Report ID: 552700

Event description

FALL FROM CEILING JOISTS

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TEARING DOWN AN ATTIC PARTITION. HE HAD PLACED AN OLD DOOR ACROS S CEILING JOISTS 15' ABOVE A CONCRETE FLOOR. THE DOOR BROKE. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TH ROUGH THE DOOR AND THE CELLULOSE CEILING. HE LANDED ON HIS FEET, THEN FELL OVER. HE SUSTAINED A CRUSHED LI VERTEBRA AND A CRACKED PELVIS.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
3

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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