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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507487

WORK RULES,LADDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING

Event
WORK RULES,LADDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14507487
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee killed by fall from ladder through roof hatch

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using a ladder to access a roof. As he was climbing through a ha tch positioned above the second floor landing, he fell to the bottom of the stai rwell. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    534
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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