OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465934
SPEEDWAY ERECTION COMPANY
TEXARKANA, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PART OF A CREW ERECTING A STEEL STRUCTURE. HE WAS STANDING, 10 F EET ABOVE THE SURFACE, ON A LADDER LEANING AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. WHI LE PLACING INSULATION BETWEEN THE ROOF PLATE AND THE ROOF SHEET METAL, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL FROM THE LADDER. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE CONCRETE FLOOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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