OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14325336
OUR LADY OF JOY CHURCH
PITTSBURGH, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had accessed a 12 ft high flat roof by means of a portable metal lad der placed against the side of the building. The ladder fell, and he fell from i t, landing on a concrete sidewalk. Employee #1 died of a fractured skull at the Allegheny General Hospital. It is possible that the ladder moved when Employee # 1 stepped on it, causing him to lose his balance and fall.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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