OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254742
TAILORED FOAM, INC.
SHELBY, NC·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL WHEN LADDER SLIPPED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLIMBING AN ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER TO DRILL HOLES IN A MASONR Y WALL WITH A HAMMER DRILL. THE LADDER, IN ADDITION TO HAVING A DEFECTIVE SAFETY FOOT, WAS PLACED WITH THE LADDER BASE TOO FAR FROM THE WALL (TOO GREAT AN ANGLE FROM VERTICAL). AS EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB THE LADDER, THE BASE SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER IT, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL 6 1/2 FEET TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE. HE SUFFERED A CUT LIP.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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