Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221455249

AMERICAN TRASH MANAGEMENT INC

Event
Back, Chute, Doghouse, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Installing, Lost Balance, Rail
NAICS
562111
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345659494
Employer profile
AMERICAN TRASH MANAGEMENT INC
Summary number
221455249
Report ID
0950641
Project type
A

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

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    653

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