Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221440548

CITY OF PRINCETON - POLICE DEPT.

Event
Explosion, Fire, Fire Escape, Fracture, Leg, Police, Struck By
NAICS
922120
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345803324
Employer profile
CITY OF PRINCETON - POLICE DEPT.
Summary number
221440548
Report ID
0551701

Event description

Employee fractures leg during explosion

Investigation abstract

At 1:10 a.m. on February 7, 2022, an employee, a police officer, was helping victims exit the roof of a one-story dwelling due to a fire. There was an explosion, an an adult jumped off the roof and landed on the police officer. The police officer's leg was fractured in multiple locations that resulted in multiple surgeries. The police officer was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 47 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    7030

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