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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14452437

HEAD,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL,SCAFFOLD

Event
HEAD,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14452437
Report ID
953210

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

  1. #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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