OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453922
HEAD,STAIR,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in fall down flight of stairs
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was at a private home servicing a furnace. As he descended the stair s the occupant said something to him. When Employee #1 turned to respond, he sli pped on a step and fell down the stairs, striking his head on a metal post at th e bottom. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 534
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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