OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540561
COLLAPSE,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,METAL DECKING,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,WORK SURFACE,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee injured in fall through floor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and four coworkers were on the 8th floor of a building, pushing a 1, 489 lb air compressor mounted on wheels across a metal decked floor. The floor g ave way and the compressor fell through each floor until reaching the 4th level, which was poured concrete. Employee #1 fell through the opening but stopped at the 7th floor, sustaining bruises and contusions.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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