OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14480719
FRITZSCHE DODGE & OLCOTT
E. HANOVER, NJ·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on a ladder, using a sound detector to test the overhead trap fo r leakage. Apparently when he stretched to the right, the ladder moved left and he fell to the cement floor. According to a coworker, he landed first on his but tocks, then on his back, and then on his head, suffering brain injuries. Employe e #1was killed. The ladder had not been secured to the supporting water pipe, no r was it being held at floor level by a coworker.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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