OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170249874

FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LACERATION,PELVIS,CATWALK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONCUSSION,HIP

1990-04-05T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LACERATION,PELVIS,CATWALK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONCUSSION,HIP
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170249874
Report ID: 1055350

Event description

Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from catwalk

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on April 5, 1990, Employee #1 was standing on a catwalk to change the filter on a heating/air conditioning unit. He fell 11 ft 7 in. onto a concre te floor, and suffered a fractured pelvis and right hip, head injuries, a concus sion, lacerations, contusions, and three broken ribs on his right side.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 52 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
453

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
10

Task assigned
1

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