OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14210967
MILLER & LONG CO INC
BETHESDA, MD—
Event description
HEAD INJURY WHEN STRUCK BY PLYWOOD
Investigation abstract
An employee was cutting plywood at the plaza level of a construction site. A 50 to 60 mph gust of wind blew a sheet of stacked plywood into the back of the empl oyee. Upon impact he sustained a severe concussion and was hospitalized for seve n days.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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