OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321244
BAC PRITCHARD, INC.
MARCUS HOOK, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder on cooling tower
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working above the deck of a 48 ft high cooling tower. He had one foot on a 10 ft wooden ladder that was leaning against the cooling tower deck a nd being held at its base by a coworker on the deck. His other foot was on a con duit pipe that was approximately 6 ft 3 in. above the deck, which was being remo ved by sections. The coworker felt a gust of wind and the ladder moved toward hi m. Employee #1 fell approximately 54 ft 3 in. to the ground and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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