OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312383
WOLFF & MUNIER INC.
PALISADES, NY·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when stepladder breaks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on the fourth rung of an 8 foot wooden folding stepladd er, positioning an 8 in, heat main pipe so that a welder could weld it to anothe r 8 inch pipe. The 20 foot long iron pipe was supported by a trapeze hanger. Whi le Employee #1 was moving the pipe to the right and left, the side rails of the ladder broke. He was thrown to the concrete floor, landing on his head, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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