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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491252

FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,STEPLADDER,SAFETY BELT,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE

Event
FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,STEPLADDER,SAFETY BELT,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14491252
Report ID
214500

Event description

Employee killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and two coworkers, all maintenance personnel, were assigned to remov d. e an old section of steam piping. The pipes were suspended from the ceiling abou t 13 ft above the floor. Employee #1 was standing on a 10 ft tall wooden steplad der to dismantle the pipes by breaking open the couplings and removing 2- and 3- ft lengths. He lowered a 2-ft section to a coworker standing on the floor. Emplo yee #1 then removed a 3 1/2 ft section weighing about 60 to 70 lb. He lost his b alance, dropped the section of pipe, and fell head first off the ladder. He frac tured his skull and died at the scene. Employee #1 was using both hands to work while he was on the ladder and he was not tied off with a safety belt and lanyar

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 66 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    2

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