OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413843
CHAMIZAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
EL PASO, TX·
Event description
Employee dies after fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At 1:30 p.m. on July 15, 1987, Employee #1 was pulling electrical wire through a conduit. He was about 6 ft above the floor, standing on an 8 ft ladder, when th e ladder came free of the fish tape holding it in place. Employee #1 lost his ba lance and fell to the concrete floor. He struck his head on the floor and lost c onsciousness for 2 or 3 seconds. He was conscious when EMS personnel arrived, bu t died at 12:00 midnight on July 19, 1987.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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