OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14211544
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
COLLEGE PARK, MD—
Event description
EMPLOYEE LACERATES FINGER WHILE FALLING BACKWARD FROM SHELF
Investigation abstract
An employee of University of Maryland was reaching up on a metal storage shelf t hat was 5 ft high by 4 ft long, with 18 inch wide shelves. The employee fell bac kwards while catching the ring on his finger on the shelf. As a result, the skin on his ring finger was pulled off. The employee was hospitalized and treated fo r a laceration.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 64
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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