OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215347
HEAD,LADDER,SLIP,FALL,LOST BALANCE,PAINTER
Event description
PAINTER FELL FROM LADDER; STRUCK HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PAINTING A METAL DOOR WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HELD THE LADDER FOR HIM. THE DOOR WAS 10 FEET, 8 INCHES WIDE AND 16 FEET HIGH. HE WAS STANDING ON T HE SEVENTH RUNG (ABOUT 7 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL). AFTER HE HAD BEEN PAINTING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE NEXT LOWER RUNG. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RUNG, CAUSING HIM TO FALL. AS HE FELL, HE CONTACTED THE HELPER WHO WAS H OLDING THE LADDER AND TUMBLED TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, HEAD FIRST. EMPLOYEE #1 NEV ER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. THERE IS NO APPARENT VIOLATION OF STANDARDS IN THIS C ASE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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