OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457238
GILL ERECTION COMPANY
BALTIMORE, MD—
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was performing assembly operations inside a 14 ft deep by 170 ft dia meter clarifier. He fell 15 ft from the 20 ft section of a 40 ft metal extension ladder, injuring his wrist, elbow, and hip. The ladder was not secured at the t op or blocked at the bottom. Employee #1 had received in-house on-the-job traini ng.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 44
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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