OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308761
LADDER,STEEL CONNECTOR,STEEL ERECTION,FALL,CONCUSSION,STEEL CONNECTING
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM LADDER 27 FEET TO GROUND
Investigation abstract
A steel worker was fatally injured when he fell 27 feet to the ground. The emplo yee was climbing a ladder in order to join steel joist to the steel pillars of t he structure.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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