OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #674390
STEPLADDER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,PAINTER,SPRAY BOOTH,CONTUSION
Event description
Painter's ribs bruised in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the exterior of a multitone booth, painting a wall of the pai nt spray room. He was standing on a stepladder when he fell approximately 8 feet . He bruised his ribs. The doctor said that he would be sore for a couple of wee ks but should be able to return to work.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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