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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 118285.015 - Employee Fractures Vertebrae When Struck By Water Heater

**Accident: 118285.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/19/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1417948.015	07/25/2019		Glenny'S Stone Works, Inc.

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 19, 2019, an employee attempted to install a sink counter. The water heater was in a baker scaffold. When the employee attemp ted to move it , the heater fell and struck him. The employee sustained hairlin e fractures in the vertebrae and was hospitalized for these injuries.

Keywords: fracture, installing, struck by, vertebra, water heater

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1417948.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Installers And Repairers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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