OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401665
PITTSBURG TANK & TOWER CO.
CARROLLTON, TX·
Event description
Employee injured in 56 ft fall from water tower
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a revolving ladder below a coworker who was preparin g to cut the ladder into two parts. When the coworker advised Employee #1 that h e should not stand on the ladder, he climbed past the coworker and stepped onto the flattest part of a water tower. Employee #1 apparently slipped, and fell app roximately 56 feet to the ground.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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