OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888966
UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,UNGUARDED,LEG
Event description
Employee cuts leg in fall through floor hole
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on December 28, 1988, Employee #1, a bricklayer, was entering the third floor of a building to get his tools when he stepped into a 15 in. by 9 in. floor opening that had been made for a heat duct. He cut his low er left leg and required first aid.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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