OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221698772

HOME CARE UNITED INC.

LAKE GENEVA, WI— 2024-09-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fall Protection, Floor, Flooring, Slip, Stair, Tripped
NAICS: 621610
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347734626
Employer profile: HOME CARE UNITED INC.
Summary number: 221698772
Report ID: 0523300

Event description

Employee falls down stairs while delivering oxygen tank and

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on September 4, 2024, Employee #1, employed by a home healthcare trauma. delivery service, was delivering a 10-pound oxygen tank to a residential home. After completing the delivery, Employee #1 was later found by the resident dead at the bottom of the basement stairs. To make the delivery, Employee #1 had opened an exterior door and walked up five steps to the main level of the home. To exit, he needed to descend the same five steps and access the exterior door. Inside the exterior door was a set of eight wooden steps leading to the basement. For unknown reasons, Employee #1 fell down the basement stairs. The Walworth County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be blunt force

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 66 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
805

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