OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352496
EXTENSION LADDER,REBAR,COLLAPSE,IMPALED,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL
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
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#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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