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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198865

HEAD,EXTENSION LADDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,METAL LADDER,FALL

Event
HEAD,EXTENSION LADDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,METAL LADDER,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14198865
Report ID
352410

Event description

UNSECURED LADDER FELL, INJURING EMPLOYEE

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AM ON OCTOBER 24, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND 3 OTHER EMPLOYEES ENT ESULT, HE FELL, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THE PAST TO ALWAYS SECURE LADDERS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. HOWEVER , THIS WORK RULE WAS NOT ENFORCED DUE TO THE LACK OF A DISCIPLINARY ACTION PLAN. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SID E OF HIS BRAIN. ERED A CONCRETE TANK TO GROUT PUMP PADS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. TO GA IN ACCESS TO THE TANK THE 4 EMPLOYEES DESCENDED THE 13 1/2 FOOT LONG TOP PORTION OF A METAL EXTENSION LADDER. THE LADDER WAS NOT BLOCKED, OR OTHERWISE SECURED, TO PREVENT ITS DISPLACEMENT. IT WAS ALSO SEVERELY BENT. THE TANK WAS 12 FEET DEE P. THE FOUR EMPLOYEES DESCENDED THE LADDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. AS THEY NEARED COMP LETION OF THE WORK, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE TANK. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN CLIMBING THE LADDER BEFORE HIS CO-WORKER COULD HOLD THE LADDER FOR HIM. HE HAD CLIMBED 4 OR 5 FEET WHEN THE LADDER "KICKED OUT" ON HIM. AS A R

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 23 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    588
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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