OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14452437
HEAD,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee hospitalized after fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a 6 to 8 ft scaffold, and dropped his hammer to the floor. While leaving the scaffold, he missed the step of the ladder and fell to the concrete floor, landing on his head.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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