OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521587
RANKEN STEEL, INC.
URBANA, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in 14 ft fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:10 p.m. on February 1, 1988, Employee #1 was standing about h alfway up a 9 ft 5 in. portable wooden ladder. He was setting the last bar joist when the ladder either slid from under him or he lost his balance and fell 14 f t 6 in. through a floor opening that was adjacent to the ladder. When Employee # 1 landed on the concrete floor he struck his head and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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