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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170055289

WORK RULES,CLEANING,STRUCK AGAINST,AIR SHAFT,FALL,CONCRETE,UNGUARDED

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,STRUCK AGAINST,AIR SHAFT,FALL,CONCRETE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170055289
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee hospitalized after fall from air shaft

Investigation abstract

At about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 18, 1990, Employee #1 was attempting to ret rieve some waste that had collected in one of a plant's air return pits. She fel l approximately 28 ft from an unguarded open air return shaft to a concrete floo r. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 25 F

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    738
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    2

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