OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550461

NASHVILLE MACHINE COMPANY INC

NASHVILLE, TN— 1985-05-02T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ARM, OPEN-SIDED FLOOR, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #3236791
Employer profile: NASHVILLE MACHINE COMPANY INC
Summary number: 14550461
Report ID: 454712

Event description

Employee's arm broken in fall with scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working from a scaffold next to the edge of an open-sided floor. The scaffold went over the edge of the floor and Employee #1 fell 10 ft onto a concrete floor. He suffered a broken arm.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
22

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
585

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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