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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548218

HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,ANEURYSM,FALL

Event
HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,ANEURYSM,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14548218
Report ID
1050210

Event description

Employee injures head in fall after blacking out

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was helping to set a metal stairwell in place. He had just bent over to pull the stairs in place when he blacked out and fell forward. He fell appro ximately 6 feet, striking his head on the concrete floor. Employee #1 blacked ou t due to an aneurysm.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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