OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519375
PLATFORM,LADDER,STRUCK AGAINST,DESCENDING,FIXED LADDER,FALL,CRANE
Event description
Employee killed in 35 ft fall from crane platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was descending a fixed ladder from the cab of a dock crane when he m issed a ladder rung with his right hand and fell backward approximately 3 to 4 f eet. His back hit the standard railing on the crane platform; he. He flipped ove r the railing and fell 35 feet onto the concrete dock. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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