OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731414
AZCO INC
MT VERNON, IN·
Event description
Three employees injured when struck by wooden bench
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:15 p.m. on June 9, 1986, Employees #1 through #3 were struck by a wooden bench that had fallen from the third floor of a building. A coworke r using it during the evening break had accidentally bumped it off the building. Employee #1 was admitted to the intensive care unit of Deaconess Hospital with apparent head and neck injuries. Employee #2 was treated for a lacerated ear and Employee #3 was treated for a foot injury; both were released.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 585
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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