OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #743054
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,ELECTRICIAN,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10 a.m. on August 29,1989, Employee #1, an electrician, was ins talling electrical fixtures at the 7th floor east building and took a shortcut t o the twin elevators at the north building were he was going to install elevator outlets. He stepped on unsupported 4 ft by 8 ft floor panel and fell 45 ft to t he ground courtyard on the 4th floor. Employee #1 was initially transported to M aui Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Queens Medical Center in Honolulu . Employee #1 sustained broken ribs, a shattered heel, a compressed back bone, f acial lacerations and nerve damages in the right leg.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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