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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515175

HEAD,LADDER,FALL,CONCUSSION

Event
HEAD,LADDER,FALL,CONCUSSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14515175
Report ID
524700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM FIXED LADDER

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, the deli manager, fell from a vertical fixed ladder which was 9 fee t high. Employees used this ladder to climb up and carry trays to the overhead s torage area of the dairy locker.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 F

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    283
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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