OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563050
MANORVILLE CONTRACTING CORP.
ROSLYN, NY·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ladder, later dies
Investigation abstract
On June 2, 1986, Employee #1, a laborer, was sent by his foreman to get shovels for backfilling a retaining wall from the far (south) side of a 6 ft 8 in. concr ete wall. A defective 12 ft ladder was used as a short cut to get to the other s ide of the wall. While climbing the ladder, Employee #1 apparently fell to the c oncrete floor on the near (north) side of the wall. He suffered a fractured skul l, from which he died nine days later. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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