OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382758
W.C. MASONRY COMPANY
ELMHURST, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At about 1:20 p.m. on October 16, 1986, Employee #1 had completed building a con crete block wall. He used a stepladder to exit the scaffold at the 12 foot level . He had descended the ladder to approximately the 6 foot level when he slipped and fell. The ladder was located at the edge of a 4 foot deep loading dock and E mployee #1 fell into the dock, striking his head on the concrete floor. He was k illed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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