OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221448129
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT-MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AREA S2
SOUTH GATE, CA·
Event description
Employee's finger is crushed in support arm of hatch
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee, a maintenance worker, and a coworker went to the roof of the school to inspect a leak. After the inspection, the coworker came down first and when the employee was coming down the ladder, the roof hatch closed abruptly catching his finger between the support arms of the roof hatch. The employee suffered a contusion to his left hand ring finger and was treated without hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 48 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 579
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