OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822924

HEAD,STAIR,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1988-10-20T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,STAIR,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 822924
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling stairway

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was mixing mortar in a stairwell when the stairs collapsed onto him, hitting him in the head. He was hospitalized. The two pairs of stairs and the l anding weighed approximately 4,200 lb each. The accident was caused either by im proper design or by improper erection of the stairwell.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
597

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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