OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14226138
LADDER,FALL,TREE TRIMMING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working from an unsecured ladder at an undetermined height remov ing vines from tree using a pliers-type cutter. Employee #1 fell and suffered mu ltiple head injuries, which were fatal.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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