OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547947

UNEVEN GROUND,UNSECURED,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,NECK,CONCUSSION,SLOPE,OVERTURN

1985-12-27T00:00:00

Event: UNEVEN GROUND,UNSECURED,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,NECK,CONCUSSION,SLOPE,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14547947
Report ID: 1050210

Event description

Employee killed in fall with unsecured ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 placed a ladder on an unsecured and uneven surface of fist-sized roc ks with a 3:4 slope. The ladder toppled over and he fell over a 12 ft boulder re taining wall into tidewater. The coroner's report listed a concussion and a brok en neck as the cause of death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
593

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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