OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548747
MOUTH,LADDER,EAR,NOSE,METAL LADDER,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INTO THE WAREHOUSE TO LOOK FOR ENVELOPES. WHEN SHE DID NOT RETU RN, A CO-WORKER WENT AND FOUND HER LYING FACE DOWN ON THE FLOOR OF THE WAREHOUSE NEXT TO AN ALUMINUM LADDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE, MOUTH AND E ARS. SHE IS PRESUMED TO HAVE FALLEN FROM THE LADDER WHILE TRYING TO GET THE ENVE LOPES -- THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 F
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 275
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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