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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223051

HEAD,STEPLADDER,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,NECK,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
HEAD,STEPLADDER,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,NECK,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14223051
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM STEPLADDER

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON NOVEMBER 19, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE TOP OF AN 8 FOOT HIGH WOODEN STEP LADDER, ATTEMPTING TO PLUMB UP AND CHALK A LINE FO R A TOP PLATE. THE PLATE WAS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF SOME JOISTS LOCATED 10 TO 14 FEET ABOVE THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING NEXT TO AN 8 F OOT HIGH WALL AND SUSPENDED CEILING. THE EMPLOYEE FELL OVER THE WALL, THROUGH TH E SUSPENDED CEILING AND LANDED ON THE CARPET-COVERED CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. THE E MPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH HEAD AND NECK INJURIES.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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