OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777706
CHEST,DUMPSTER,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,SPRAIN
Event description
Employee injures chest lifting dumpster
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was turning over a small fabricated garbage dumpster for additional painting. As he strained to turn over the dumpster, he felt a sharp pain in the sternum area. Employee #1 continued to work until the end of his shift and then reported the incident to the foreman. At 8:07 a.m. on April 10, 1989, Employee # 1 went for medical treatment because pain in his sternum had increased above a t olerable level.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 794
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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