OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390362

UNIQUE CARPETS LTD

RIVERSIDE, CA· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carry, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Fracture, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Mobile Stairs, Neck, Stair, Step, Tailbone, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 423220
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345525851
Employer profile: UNIQUE CARPETS LTD
Summary number: 221390362
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee breaks tailbone, fractures neck in fall down steps

Investigation abstract

At 10:40 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working for a carpet supplier was descending a mobile stair tower while carrying a box of carpet samples. The employee lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor below. Coworker #1, the employee's immediate supervisor and plant manager, and Coworker #2, the customer service supervisor, were both onsite at time. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken tailbone and fractured neck from impact with the steps and the floor.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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