OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484943
TRICO PRODUCTS CORP.
BUFFALO, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE BROKE ANKLE ON UNEVEN FLOOR; LATER DIED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 AM ON DECEMBER 9, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING FROM ONE W ORK AREA TO ANOTHER. HE STEPPED ON A SLIGHTLY RAISED (1/2 INCH) PORTION OF FLOOR ING AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. HE RECEIVED FIRST AID. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS X-RAYED AN D FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN BONE. A CAST WAS APPLIED ON DECEMBER 11TH. ON DECEMBER 25TH THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A BLOOD CLOT WHICH LODGED IN HIS HEART (PULMONARY EM BOLISM) AND KILLED HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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