OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346753
REGULAR BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP INC. DBA MARANATHA VILL
SEBRING, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM STEPLADDER; STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR; KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM THE FOURTH STEP OF A SIX FOOT HIGH STEPLADDER. THE STEPLADDER WAS BEING USED IN A CLOSED POSITION, LEANING AGAINST FRAMEWORK, LEGS BRACED AGAINST A RAISED CONCRETE PORTION OF THE FLOOR. THE STEPLADDER WAS ALSO B EING HELD IN POSITION BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED UP TO "TOENA IL" A VERTICAL 2" BY 4" MEMBER INTO THE FRAMEWORK, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CEMENT FLOOR. HE SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES, RE SULTING IN HIS DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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