OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211296
HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COLUMBIA, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED AS STAIRS COLLAPSE UNDER HIM
Investigation abstract
A Construction Inspector for Howard County was about to conduct a plumbing inspe ction in a basement when the basement stairs, which were 36 inches wide and cons tructed of fiberboard, collapsed. He fell approximately 8 ft to a dirt and grave l floor. The employee was hospitalized for back and leg injuries, and a lacerati on to his left arm.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 35
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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