Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507487

A/C SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Event
WORK RULES, LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101578680
Employer profile
A/C SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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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