OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221603277

PETE'S STEAK HOUSE

ATCHISON, KS— 2023-05-16T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Delivery Work, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Food Delivery Service, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Restaurant, Stair, Truck Driver, Wall, Work Surface
NAICS: 722511
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346823636
Employer profile: PETE'S STEAK HOUSE
Summary number: 221603277
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall down stairway

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on May 16, 2023, an employee working as a truck driver for a restaurant was making food deliveries at the restaurant kitchen. The employee fell backwards down a stairwell leading to the basement. The employee fell against a wall and died from blunt force trauma to the back of his head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
804

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