OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #744995
FRACTURE,STAIR,FALL,UNGUARDED,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH UNGARDED STAIRWAY OPENING
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sweeping the second floor area and talking to another contractor when he stepped off into a stairway opening that was not guarded. Employee #1 f ell to the first floor, 9 feet 2 inches below, and was hospitalized with a fract ure.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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