OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422132

U.S. ARMY 404TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WA· 2021-12-13T00:00:00

Event: Compound Fracture, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Flatbed Rail Car, Fracture, Leg, Loading, Slip, Slippery Surface, Vehicle
NAICS: 928110
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345700918
Employer profile: U.S. ARMY 404TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE
Summary number: 221422132
Report ID: 1032300

Event description

Employee fractures leg in fall from rail car

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 13, 2021, an employee was reading the identification codes on Striker military vehicles that were loaded on a flatbed rail car when he slipped on the wet deck of the car and fell off. The employee was hospitalized to treat a compound fracture of his lower leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
337

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