OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223051
GLENMARK CONSTRUCTION CO INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
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
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#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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