OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195986
NATIONAL ECOLOGY
COCKEYSVILLE, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM AN UNGUARDED OPEN STAIRWAY- INJURES BACK
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was air cleaning a conveyor frame. He climbed a stairway and stood a t the unguarded top step holding an air hose. As the pulley was turning, the air hose was caught in the pulley spokes. He was thrown over the open edge of the s tairway and landed on a concrete slab 12 feet 4 inches below. He hurt his back, but the injury did not require hospitalization or treatments. The conveyor was t hree feet in diameter. The unused fence guard was 6 feet high.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 757
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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