OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14304190
FRACTURE,CABLE TV WORK,LADDER,SKULL,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A LADDER
Investigation abstract
AT 4:20 PM ON APRIL 3, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A "SPLICER", WAS INSTALLING A BOX IN A CABLE TV LINE 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. HE SUFFERED A SKULL FRACTURE WHEN HE FE LL TO THE PAVEMENT. HE DIED OF THE INJURY NINE DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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