OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456297
FRACTURE,EXTENSION LADDER,WORK RULES,LADDER,TOE,ARM,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL WITH LADDER; FRACTURED ARM AND TOE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON JANUARY 10, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN EXTENSION LADDER TO CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A MANUALLY CONTROLLED OVERHEAD PULL DOOR TO REPAI R A SPRING. THE SPRING WAS LOCATED ABOUT 12 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE LADDER W AS SET AT A VERY SHARP (UNSTABLE) ANGLE. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE LADDER FEET BEG AN TO SLIDE OUTWARD, CAUSING THE LADDER TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WRAPPED HIS RIGHT A RM AROUND THE LADDER WHILE HE RODE IT TO THE FLOOR. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, FRACTURING HIS RIGHT ARM AND THE BIG TOE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 505
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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