OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999615
BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PELVIS,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,TIE-OFF,CIRCULATORY BLOCKAGE
Event description
Employee dies of blood clot while recovering from fall
Investigation abstract
On September 8, 1987, Employee #1 elevated himself 12 ft in a Halline utility bu cket truck, model EMF 14SL, and positioned himself next to a roof. As he attempt ed to climb out of the bucket and onto the roof, the basket tipped and he fell t o the pavement. Employee #1 sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized. D uring his recovery in the hospital, a blood clot moved into his lung and he died . At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was not tied off with a belt and lany ard.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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