OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525455
JAEGER BUILDING CORPORATION
MIAMI, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS OFF LADDER; DIED OF INJURIES
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987 AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A W AREHOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE JAEGER BUILDING CORPORATION. EMPLOYEE #1, A L ABORER, WAS WORKING OFF A SOLID 24 FOOT METAL EXTENSION LADDER AT THE NINE FOOT LEVEL. HE FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE LADDER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOO R BELOW. EMERGENCY HELP WAS SUMMONED AND FIRST-AID GIVEN. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED THE F OLLOWING DAY AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MIAMI. THERE WERE NO WITNESSESS TO THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN STRIPPING FORMING CLIPS, USING A HAMMER AND C ROW-BAR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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