OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884460
DECKING,BACK,FALL,HAND TOOL,LOST BALANCE,SPRAIN
Event description
Employee loses balance and falls off deck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was building a deck on the second floor of an apartment. He was nail ing hangers on a 2 by 8 with a hand-held carpenter's hammer. Employee #1 lost hi s balance and fell 8 1/2 ft. He suffered low back strain.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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