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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497242

SLIP,FALL

Event
SLIP,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14497242
Report ID
627100

Event description

EMPLOYEE FOUND DEAD ON A CLEAR AND DRY FLOOR

Investigation abstract

At approximately 4:45 a.m. on January 12, 1990, Employee #1 was walking on a cle ar and dry floor towards the rest room when she fell. Two employers found her at about 5:20 a.m. unconscious with a 1.5 in. laceration above her right eyebrow. The coroner believes that she may have been dead as she fell because her arms we re near her side and not in the position of trying to catch herself.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 39 F

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    4
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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