OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221417686
IL DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION - DISTRICT 8 - WOOD RIVER YARD
EAST ALTON, IL·
Event description
Employee falls from truck and fractures hip, injures elbow
Investigation abstract
At 1:00 p.m. on December 6, 2021, an employee stood on the top step of the drivers cab of a highway maintenance truck (2008 IDOT highway truck) to determine tools needed to remove a radio system. As the employee attempted to step down from the truck, the employee missed a step and fell approximately five feet and five inches. The employee was hospitalized to treat a hip fracture and an unspecified elbow injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Event type
- 5
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