OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342026
RIO CONSTRUCTION INC.
STUART, FL·
Event description
Employee dies after fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on April 18, 1988, Employee #1 was descending a ladde r to a previously installed sewage lift station, which had never been put into s ervice, to check on work needed to make the transition to new pump flanges. As h e descended the ladder, he was looking up talking to coworkers. Employee #1 appe ared to lose his footing and fell, striking the west wall of the lift station. H e landed on his back at the bottom of the station. Employee #1 died on April 21, 1988 from his injuries. At the approximate spot where Employee #1 lost his foot ing, the ladder had an insert to the rung that may have added to his unsteadines s on the ladder.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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