OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #963736
FRACTURE,SPINE,STAIR LANDING,FALL,OPEN-SIDED FLOOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH UNPROTECTED FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in a 9,000 square foot single family home. Employee #1 w as dragging a 2 inch by 10 inch rafter over a floor area and backed into a stair well, falling approximately 22 feet to the hard packed earth below, fracturing h is cervical spine. No guard rails were provided at the stairwell. No safety prog ram was in effect at the site. Employees were not provided with protective helme ts. There were approximately 37 other instances of unprotected, open-sided floor areas or wall openings on this building site. Hazard recognition training had n ot been provided.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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