OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511851
PLATFORM,HEAD,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE,UNTRAINED,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
UNTRAINED EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER; DIED FROM HEAD INJURY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FASTENING SHEET ROCK PANELS TO WALL STUDS IN A STAIRWELL WHICH L ALK BOARD. ED FROM THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE BASEMENT. IT WAS 16 FEET FROM THE FIRST FLOOR LEV EL TO THE BASEMENT. THERE WAS AN INTERVENING LANDING PLATFORM 10 FEET FROM THE F IRST FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 USED A OPEN STEP LADDER ERECTED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND A N ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER AGAINST THE FACING WALL, FROM THE LANDING PLATFORM, TO HOLD A RUNG-SUPPORTED HORIZONTAL 2 BY 10 INCH SINGLE WALKBOARD. EMPLOYEE #1 F ELL FROM THE WALKBOARD AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE LANDING FLATFORM, 10 FEET BELO W. THE EMPLOYEE HAD STARTED WORK THE DAY BEFORE. HE HAD BEEN WARNED ONLY MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THAT HE WAS IN A UNSAFE POSITION, AND TO GET DOWN OFF THE W
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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