OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892794
FRACTURE,HEAD,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE FRACTURED LEG DUE TO FALL DOWN CHUTE
Investigation abstract
Four employees were hired from a temporary agency to remove debris from a constr uction site. All four employees were working on the fourth floor gathering and t hrowing debris down a chute. The employees worked until 9:00 a.m. and took a bre ak. Returning from the break, the employees noticed the guard rails around the d ebris chute opening had been removed. While throwing debris down the chute, Empl oyee #1 lost his footing and fell into the chute opening, striking the roll-off container 40 ft below. He suffered a fractured right leg and lacerations on his head, and he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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