OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300305
L. H. CRANSTON AND SONS
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE INSTALLING DUCTWORK FELL FROM STEPLADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ADDING DUCTWORK 9 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FL THE PROCESS. HIS ACTUAL INJURY, IF ANY, WAS OBSCURED BY 3 FUSED VERTEBRAE BELOW HIS NECK, WHICH HE HAD ACQUIRED FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE. OOR IN A PARTIALLY ENCLOSED WAREHOUSE. STRIP HANGERS WERE ALREADY IN PLACE. EMPL OYEE #1 WAS USING A 6 FOOT STEP LADDER. HIS COWORKER, ON THE OTHER END OF THE DU CTWORK, WAS USING AN 8 FOOT STEPLADDER. BOTH LADDERS WERE IN SATISFACTORY CONDIT ION. WITH ONE END OF THE DUCTWORK SUPPORTED ON THE FIFTH STEP OF THE 8 FOOT LADD ER AND HIS END RESTING ON THE "SHELF" OF THE 6 FOOT LADDER, HE CLIMBED TO THE FO URTH STEP OF HIS LADDER TO GUIDE THE END OF THE DUCT INTO PLACE. AFTER PICKING U P HIS END OF THE DUCT HE LOST HIS BALANCE, POSSIBLY FROM A GUST OF WIND, AND FEL L. HE STRUCK THE END OF A METAL STEEL WALL AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LADDER IN
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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