OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942862
FRACTURE,FALL,STRUCK BY,BOAT
Event description
EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZED WHEN STRUCK BY A BOAT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was roller painting the bottom of as 18 foot boat when a sling-strap holding up the stern of the boat broke. The boat hull fell two to three feet st riking Employee #1 on the back. The boat stern was not blocked from the bottom. Employee #1 suffered fractures and internal injuries as a result of the collapse
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 4
- Occupation code
- 547
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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