OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221576101
SCHAEFER'S ACE HARDWARE
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall down stairs
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 p.m. on June 21, 2023, an employee was using a hand truck to carry 154-pound box down a flight of stairs. The employee may have partially lost control of the hand truck, and the employee fell down approximately five stairs to the floor below. The employee was killed due to a head injury.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 80 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 268
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