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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 118231.015 - Employee Falls During Seizure And Lacerates Face

**Accident: 118231.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/01/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1413458.015	07/03/2019		Elwood Staffing Services, Inc.

At 2:30 p.m. on July 1, 2019, Employee #1 was building concrete forms at ground level for a new 40-foot concrete tilt-up building. He was drilling holes in fla t concrete, and cutting and nailing into the concrete 1.5-inch by 8-foot pieces of wood. The employee began to experience a seizure. He tripped and fell to th e ground. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was treated fo r two facial lacerations sustained when he fell during the seizure. He was rele ased without hospitalization.

Keywords: concrete form work, concrete slab, construction, cutting, drilling, face, fall, fall on same level, laceration, nail, seizure, tripped, wood board

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	39

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1413458.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Forming FatCause:

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