OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382758

HEAD,STEPLADDER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL

1986-10-16T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,STEPLADDER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14382758
Report ID: 521400

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

#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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