Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995696

BENNETT PAPER

Event
FRACTURE, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC SWITCH, SPINE, E GI VII, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#104286182
Employer profile
BENNETT PAPER
Summary number
995696
Report ID
452110

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK & FALL - CAUSE UNKNOWN

Investigation abstract

An employee was starting a paper baler. As he was pulling on the start/stop swit ch, he received an electric shock from the 120-volt circuit. The employee fell t o the floor and sustained a fractured coccyx as a result of the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    31
    Event type
    4
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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