OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14194674
NORTHERN VIRGINIA DEMOLITION INCORPORATED
COLLEGE PARK, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM WINDOW
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 6, 1985, an employee was reaching out a windo w with a cutting torch to remove the bolts of a fire escape when he fell to the ground. He sustained a broken back in two places, fractured his pelvis, and inju red his left knee.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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