OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14244529
LENAPE FORGE, INCORPORATED
WEST CHESTER, PA·
Event description
Electrician killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance electrician at a forge shop, was repairing the motor on a jib crane. He was approximately 12 ft high standing backward on a ladder wh en the trolley on which the motor was mounted apparently rolled outward, causing him to lean away from the ladder, then fall and strike his head on a work table . Employee #1 landed on the ground and sustained head and neck injuries from whi ch he died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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