OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14363915
SEWER,HEAD,LOSS OF BLOOD,STRUCK AGAINST,FIXED LADDER,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in fall from fixed ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was making a routine check of a lift station (underground sewer stat ion). The employee was descending a 28 ft fixed ladder when he fell and struck h is head against concrete at the ladder base. Employee #1 suffered massive head i njuries and died from the loss of blood. The lift station and ladder was manufac tured by Smith Loveless, located in Lenexa, KS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 694
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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