OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777664
FRACTURE,CONVEYOR,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,FOOT
Event description
Employee hospitalized after falling material strikes foot
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing material from a saw feed conveyor. A piece of material fell to the dunnage, bounced, and struck the employee on the side of the foot at the heel. Although Employee #1 was wearing safety toe footwear, his foot was fr actured and he required hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 637
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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