OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498190

WORK RULES,LADDER,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION

1985-10-15T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,LADDER,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14498190
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee killed in fall when ladder tips over scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, the owner, set a portable ladder atop a two-story high scaffold out side the Beaumont Enterprise building. When he reached the top of the ladder, it tipped over the scaffold and Employee #1 was left clinging by his fingertips to the thin, sloped concrete ledge outside the third floor. He hung on for approxi mately 4 minutes before falling about 36 feet to the concrete pavement. He was k illed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
4

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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