OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14387534
YOCHEM ROOFING & WINDOW COMPANY
EVANSTON, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At about 1:45 p.m. on May 30, 1986, Employee #1 was working from a ladder jack s caffold assembly. He was working at a height of approximately 18 ft installing a luminum siding on the eaves near the gable on the south side of a two-story buil ding. According to an eyewitness, Employee #1 was just beginning to descend the ladder when he appeared to let go and fall backward into a fence and bushes. Emp loyee #1 was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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