OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221455249
AMERICAN TRASH MANAGEMENT INC
LOS ANGELES, CA·
Event description
Employee fractures back in fall from doghouse
Investigation abstract
At 8:30 a.m. on November 15, 2021, an employee was engaged in chute installation work on the roof a building. The section being installed was 8 foot long with a 24-inch diameter and weighed approximately 160 pounds. As the employee was standing on top of a doghouse, his coworkers handed him a section of the chute. As the employee was positioning the section, he lost his footing and fell from the doghouse, landing on a rail on the roof. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured back.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 653
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