OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14531438
HEAD,WORK RULES,LADDER,LOST BALANCE,EXTENSION LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in 4 ft fall descending ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hired as a subcontractor to do siding work for a residential cus tomer. He was working off a porch roof, siding the peak area of the main house. He used half of an approximately 18 ft long aluminum extension ladder to gain ac cess to the porch roof, which was 9 ft 11 in. high at its eaves. Although there were no eyewitnesses to the accident, it was determined that for some reason Emp loyee #1 walked to the edge of the roof, stepped onto the ladder, and continued walking down the ladder with his back to it, as if it were a stairway. He missed a rung and fell forward from a height of approximately 4 ft. His head struck ag ainst the asphalt driveway, and he was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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