Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777821

RIVERTON MOTOR CO

Event
CHEST, JOIST, WORK RULES, TRIPPED, LIGHTING, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, UNGUARDED, POOR VISIBILITY
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#105589881
Employer profile
RIVERTON MOTOR CO
Summary number
777821
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall into floor opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was in a dark room looking for a particular air filter when he stepp ed behind a stack of boxes to look for numbers that were printed on the back of the boxes. He stepped into a 2 ft square floor opening with his right foot, and fell across a floor joist. He sustained chest injuries but was not hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    4
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    806
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    14
    Task assigned
    1

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