OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221390933

GEO TEK OPERATIONS LIMITED

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV· 2021-09-01T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Board, Broken, Broken Bone, Collapse, Concrete Surface, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Footings, Fracture, Inspecting, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Slip, Slippery Surface, Unsecured, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Wood Board, Work Surface
NAICS: 541330
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345527824
Employer profile: GEO TEK OPERATIONS LIMITED
Summary number: 221390933
Report ID: 0953220
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee breaks ankle when board slips into concrete footing

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working as a quality assurance inspector for an engineering service was walking across a plywood walkway over a concrete footing. The plywood collapsed causing the employee to fall four feet. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for a broken right ankle.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7040

Fall distance
4

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