OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221422397

LUKA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMOTIVE MONTAGE LLC

CHATTANOOGA, TN· 2021-12-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Floor Opening, Fracture, Frame, Installing, Metal Decking, Struck Against, Walking Surface
NAICS: 336111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345694715
Employer profile: LUKA INDUSTRIAL AUTOMOTIVE MONTAGE LLC
Summary number: 221422397
Report ID: 0454713
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 a.m. on December 2, 2021, an employee was staging equipment while preparing to install metal decking onto a staircase and catwalk transition point. The employee was walking on an upper level when he stepped and fell through a floor opening. As the employee fell, he struck the steel frame of the staircase catwalk and then the lower level which was approximately 22 feet below. The employee was hospitalized to treat multiple broken bones and contusions.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7051

Fall distance
22

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