OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566111
LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee injured in 14 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a foreman, was using a job-built ladder to descend to the basement level to set in place a precast concrete panel. As he brought the ladder toward him and down, it slipped from his grasp. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 1 4 ft.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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