OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221429723

NORWALK YACHT CLUB

NORWALK, CT· 2022-01-16T00:00:00

Event: Concussion, Contusion, Eye, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Safety Shoe, Slip, Slippery Surface, Temperature, Walking Surface, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 713930
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345739536
Employer profile: NORWALK YACHT CLUB
Summary number: 221429723
Report ID: 0111500

Event description

Employee incurs concussion and lacerations in fall from boat

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on January 16, 2022, an employee (General Manager) was participating in "Frostbite Racing" (a sailboat race). The employee had hauled out a 17-foot Sea Hunt and went to step on the bow to disembark when he slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground. The employee incurred a concussion and lacerations and contusions to his face and required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 65 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

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