OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515506

FRACTURE,HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,SKULL,FALL,SLOPE

1985-02-20T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,SKULL,FALL,SLOPE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14515506
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee killed in fall when ladder base slips

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on February 20, 1984, Employee #1 was on a wooden lad der, descending 17 ft from the top of a wall to the sloping bottom of a clarific ation tank under construction. The base of the ladder was not secured and it sli d down the grade of the tank, causing Employee #1 to fall backward. He landed fl at on his back, striking the back of his head against the concrete tank. He suff ered a fractured skull and brain damage, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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