OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14494074
STATE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CO., INC.
DALHART, TX·
Event description
LADDER FELL OVER WITH EMPLOYEE ON IT; EMPLOYEE LATER DIED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:40 PM ON AUGUST 5, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING AN ANGLE IRON BRACE WHICH WAS TO HOLD A HEATING UNIT IN PLACE, THE LADDER HE WAS USING WA S SUPPORTED AT THE TOP BY A BRACE. THE BRACE WAS BEING TEMPORARILY BEING HELD BY CLAMPS. HE SECURED ONE SIDE, REMOVED ONE CLAMP, THEN REMOVED THE OTHER SIDE'S C LAMP WITHOUT FIRST BOLTING THE FIRST SIDE IN PLACE. THIS CAUSED THE BRACE TO DIS PLACE AND THE LADDER TO FALL. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 22 FEET, HEAD FIRST, TO THE CONC RETE FLOOR. HE DIED ON AUGUST 14 FROM INJURIES SUFFERED IN THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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