OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436165
WISE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
WISE, VA·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall down stairs
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on February 3, 2022, an employee was walking down steps in an interior stairwell. The heal of the employee's right foot caught on the edge of a step, causing the employee to fall face forward, striking his head on the concrete floor in front of the bottom step. The employee was killed due to severe head trauma.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 84 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 5
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