OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377741
MAINTENANCE,EXTENSION LADDER,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,METAL LADDER,FALL,CONCRETE
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder to concrete floor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on January 21, 1989, Employee #1 was washing windows at the south wall of the maintenance garage from a metal extension ladder at app roximately 22 ft. The ladder and Employee #1 fell onto the concrete floor. Emplo yee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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