OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #945154
CITY OF SHELBY WATER PLANT
SHELBY, NC·
Event description
Employee injured by fall into water retention basin
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was washing down a water retention basin with a water hose when he f ell 18 ft from the side of the basin to the bottom. He sustained head, arm, and ankle injuries and he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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