OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486294
GRAPHIC REY, INC.
ELMHURST, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL TO FLOOR FROM STAIRWAY AND STRUCK HEAD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 AM ON NOVEMBER 15, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING CONSTRUC TION DEBRIS FROM A FIRST FLOOR STAIRWAY. THIS WAS NOT HIS NORMAL DUTY. FOR SOME REASON HE FELL BACKWARDS AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE WOODEN FLOOR. HE WAS IMMEDIA TELY HOSPITALIZED. ON NOV 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:10 PM, HE DIED FROM THE HEAD INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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