OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445688

UNSECURED,LADDER,SLIP,FALL

1984-08-17T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,LADDER,SLIP,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14445688
Report ID: 552700

Event description

FALL FROM LADDER

Investigation abstract

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A LADDER WHICH WAS NOT TIED OFF OR SECURED FROM AC CIDENTAL DISPLACEMENT. THE LADDER SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE WALL, CAUSING THE EMPLOY EE TO FALL 20 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, STRIKING HIS HEAD.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.