OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #780072
FRACTURE,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,DISLOCATED,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,LEG
Event description
Employee injured in fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was unloading cinderblock on the observation deck of building #5. Wh ile spotting the crane, Employee #1 kicked a piece of decking material that was covering a 24 in. by 43 in. hole. The hole cover was not secured and Employee #1 fell approximately 21 ft through the hole to the level below. He sustained frac tures to both legs, a dislocated left shoulder, and lacerations and contusions t o the left side of his face. The obvious causal factor was the failure to secure the floor's hole cover.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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