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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352496

EXTENSION LADDER,REBAR,COLLAPSE,IMPALED,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL

Event
EXTENSION LADDER,REBAR,COLLAPSE,IMPALED,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14352496
Report ID
418600

Event description

Employee killed in fall from collapsing extension ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was descending an extension ladder from a concrete slip form when th e ladder collapsed. He fell, impaling himself on reinforcing bars. Employee #1 w as killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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