OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #707836
COLLAPSE,CEILING,FALL,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH CEILING; SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER CLERK BOARDED AN ELEVATOR THAT MALFUNCTIONED NEAR THE 3R SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES AND BRUISES, AND WAS TREATED WTH TYLENOL AND A TETANUS SHOT. D FLOOR LEVEL. THE ELEVATOR THEN TOOK THE 2 EMPLOYEES UP 3 FEET ABOVE ROOF LEVEL . THREE MALE EMPLOYEES RESCUED THE 2 LADIES FROM THE ELEVATOR AND LED THEM TO TH E PART OF THE ROOF WHERE THERE WAS A 2 FOOT, 1 INCH BY 3 FOOT, 5 INCH ATTIC HATC H OPENING. THEY REMOVED THE HATCH COVER AND DESCENDED A 70 DEGREE WOODEN STAIRWA Y, HAVING 5 FLAT STEPS, BUT NO GUARDRAIL. IN THE ATTIC FLOOR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SE STAIRS THERE WAS A DROP CEILING AND FOLD-AWAY STAIRWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED D OWN 33 1/2 INCHES ONTO A PANEL OF THE DROP CEILING AND FELL THROUGH IT UP TO HER THIGHS. 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO PULL HER BACK UP TO THE ATTIC FLOOR. SHE
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 F
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 23
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 328
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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