OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436272
SONTAG CONSTRUCTION, INC.
BERKELEY, CA·
Event description
Employee slips, slides down slope and receives spine fractur
Investigation abstract
At 9:25 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee carried a load of lumber up a slope that started at approximately ninety-degrees and after five feet flattened to approximately thirty-degrees. While the employee continued to ascend the thirty-degree slope, the employee began to slip and slide back downslope for an approximate total of eight feet, lost balance and landed on a mixed concrete and dirt surface. The employee was hospitalized to treat a spine fracture.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7010
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