OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822932
FRACTURE,HEAD,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,LOST BALANCE,ANKLE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee injured in fall from elevated plywood sheet
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a 4 ft by 8 ft sheet of plywood that was sitting on the forks of a JCB turbo 530B HL loadall. He was preparing to erect guardrails a round a roof dormer when he lost his balance and fell approximately 12 ft. Emplo yee #1 landed on his feet and hit his head against the loadall. He was hospitali zed.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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