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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391949

BROWN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS INC

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Foot, Fracture, Incorrect Equipment, Installing, Ladder, Leg, Material Handling, Sprinkler, Unstable Position, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS
922160
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345533624
Employer profile
BROWN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS INC
Summary number
221391949
Report ID
0420600
Project type
A
Construction end-use
H

Event description

Employee installing sprinkler fractures feet in fall off l

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:54 p.m. on September 10, 2021, an employee installing a sprinkler head for a fire protection system supplier fell from a ladder to the floor below. The employee sustained fractures to both feet and was hospitalized as a result.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    7016
    Fall distance
    6

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