Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221478969

QUEENS HEALTH SYSTEMS

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Head, Janitor, Skull, Walking Surface
NAICS
622110
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#346082076
Employer profile
QUEENS HEALTH SYSTEMS
Summary number
221478969
Report ID
0951510

Event description

Employee dies after collapsing and hitting head on floor

Investigation abstract

At 6:50 a.m. on June 18, 2022, an employee was pushing a janitor cart towards a nurse station in a hospital. The employee started to slow down and then collapsed to the floor, hitting his head on the floor. The employee incurred a 9 millimeter skull fracture and died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Event type
    4

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