OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202329
JAN ELECTRIC CO
MOLALLA, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM AERIAL LADDER WHEN PEDESTAL MOUNT BROKE
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 3, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 16 FEET ONTO SOME STEEL ROLL CASES, FRACTU RING HIS SPINE. THE AERIAL LADDER HE WAS WORKING FROM BROKE OFF AT ITS SUPPORTIN G PEDESTAL, WHICH WAS MOUNTED ON A ONE TON FORD TRUCK.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 523
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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