OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425655
INDUSTRIAL CORK COMPANY, INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee dies of blunt force injuries sustained in fall from
Investigation abstract
At 8:35 a.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee laid on a furniture dolly and rolled along a suspended ceiling made of insulated metal panels to retrieve a battery. While rolling along the ceiling tiles, the employee fell from an edge of a panel. The employee was transported by ambulance to the hospital to treat unspecified, blunt force injuries, but later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 567
- Fall distance
- 36
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