Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221469356

THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Event
Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ladder, Lighting, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Spine, Vertebra
NAICS
611310
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345848550
Employer profile
THE REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Summary number
221469356
Report ID
0950641

Event description

Employee fractures spine in fall from ladder while changing

Investigation abstract

At 1:05 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was attempting to change a light bulb when he fell to the floor below. The employee fractured his L1 vertebrae, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

    Event type
    5

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