OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380314

SUKUP MANUFACTURING CO.

SHEFFIELD, IA· 2021-08-05T00:00:00

Event: Assembling, Assembly Line, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Dryer, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Production Line, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position
NAICS: 423820
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345470702
Employer profile: SUKUP MANUFACTURING CO.
Summary number: 221380314
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee assembling dryer breaks leg in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as an assembler for a farm and garden machinery and equipment manufacturer was putting stiffeners on the side of a dryer she was assembling. The employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder when she noticed a nut missing from one of the stiffeners. The employee was was attempting to replace the bolt when she fell from the ladder to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken leg from impact with the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 F

Event type
5

Occupation code
785

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