OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742510
SHOULDER,WORK RULES,SLIP,BACK,WALKING SURFACE,PIT,FALL,NECK,SLIPPERY SURFACE,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injured in fall into pit
Investigation abstract
At the end of the day on November 8, 1988, Employee #1, age 16, a lube technicia it and, after lying there for a few seconds, rolled off and fell another 28 in. to the concrete floor. Coworkers ran to his aid and he was kept still before bei ng transported to Baltimore County General Hospital. He sustained lower back, ne ck, shoulder, and head injuries. n, was working on a customer's car at the second of three work bays. Only bays # 2 and #3 were being used; the doors to bay #1 were not operating, so it could no t be used. At approximately 6:30 p.m., a half hour before closing, the work surf ace had been washed down with Zepp cleaner and the floor areas were still wet an d somewhat slippery. Employee #1 had gone over to the north end of the building to get an air fitter and was walking back between bays #1 and #2 when he slipped on the wet floor and slid into the unguarded pit of bay #1. He tried to grab th e side but could not hold on. He fell 5 ft 1 1/4 in. to a work platform in the p
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 16 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 497
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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