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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2015021140 · 2/4/2015 · GULF COPPER

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head, unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Source
Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary source
Rain

Employer

Name
GULF COPPER
Location
Building Shop 81, PITI, GUAM, 96915
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee fell approximately 12 feet from the top of a DOT water tank at the Naval Shipyard on February 2, 2015. The employee had been filling the tank with waste water from a naval vessel. They had just completed the job when it started to rain. The supervisor or team leader asked the victim to climb up and close the top hatch. The victim fell off, landed head first on the asphalt, and required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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