OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384325
NORTHERN ENGRAVING
SPARTA, WI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
AFTER THE 7 PM LUNCH BREAK, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A 10 FOOT WOODEN STEPLA DDER. HE DESCENDED THE LADDER AND MOVED IT ACROSS THE AISLE, NEXT TO THE WALL OF AN INOPERATIVE "CLEAN SPRAY ROOM". HE CLIMBED THE LADDER AGAIN, AND, AT 7:40 PM , FELL OVER THE WALL, THROUGH THE SUSPENDED CEILING AND ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE LANDED ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS, AND DIED OF A SKULL FRACTURE A ND INTERNAL INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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