OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607507
CATO ELECTRIC CO., INC.
MARIETTA, GA·
Event description
Employee injured in fall through mechanic floor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on July 26, 1988, Employee #1 was directing the activ ities of his electrical crew. When he apparently did not realize that the boards covering a mechanical opening were possibly inadequate and not secured and step ped on them he fell 26 ft to a concrete floor, sustaining a broken ankle and kne e, and a collapsed lung. The weather was clear and warm. The information in this report was obtained from the company accident report and interviews with witnes ses.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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