OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455562
KARMAN KITCHENS
SLC, UT—
Event description
Employee injured in fall from stair landing
Investigation abstract
On August 7, 1984, Employee #1 was helping with the delivery of kitchen cabinets when he fell off the open side of a stairway landing and down seven landings. T here were 9 ft between each floor for a total distance of 63 ft. The stairway wa s 99 in. wide and each landing was 56 in. deep, leaving 3 ft between the north w all and the landing. The stairs had only been in the building for three weeks; t he concrete for the stairs had been poured on August 3 and August 6.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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