OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499115

PLATFORM,WORK RULES,LADDER,OIL WELL DRILLING,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,FIXED LADDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1988-12-12T00:00:00

Event: PLATFORM,WORK RULES,LADDER,OIL WELL DRILLING,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,FIXED LADDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14499115
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee killed in fall from fixed ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was climbing a 112 ft fixed metal ladder to the racking board. He wa s reaching for an offset rung when he slipped and fell, striking the flowline an d the mud tank before landing on the ground. Employee #1 was killed. The ladder was used to ascend to heights greater than 20 ft, but was not equipped with a ca ge or well. No ladder safety device was provided, nor were there any offset land ing platforms.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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