OSHA Incident Summary

 

“At approximately 8:25 a.m. on August 25, 2000, Employee #1, an aircraft mechanic employed by ..., Inc., was working in Hangar #3. He slipped on an oil spill while working on the concrete floor and sustained a spiral fracture of his lower right leg. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three days.”

 

When was the last time you found a slippery substance on the floor?

 

What should you do when you become aware of this condition?

· Keep on walking.

· Mark or barricade the spill.

· Clean it up.

 

How often do you walk through, rather than around, a wet/slippery surface?

 

Do you have chronic drips/leaks that can be slip hazards?

 

Will you find these conditions both on and off the job?

 

Discuss how you can avoid this type of injury on the job and off.

 

Anatomy of an

 Incident

Injuries - Accidents or Incidents?

 

There are still many in the workplace today that consider injuries as accidents and not incidents.  That somehow the injury was unavoidable or unforeseen.  The truth is that a vast majority of workplace injuries are incidents resulting from personal decisions.  While the incidents we will discuss in this series are documented injuries and fatalities found on OSHA’s web site, much of the background and personal choices were omitted by OSHA.  Our goal is to consider possible decision paths that could have led to each tragedy and challenge our current decision processes in hopes of avoiding similar incidents in our work areas. 

Housekeeping Injury / Slips

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