OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14571012
CHARNAN ELECTRIC INC.
MANSFIELD, OH·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was finishing up work in an outbuilding before turning the building over to the owner. He apparently decided to terminate the wires on an overhead e xhaust fan despite being told by his supervisor not to work on the fan because t he necessary materials to complete the job were not available at the site. Emplo yee #1 obtained a ladder and climbed to the roof without checking or opening the circuit. He apparently sorted out two phases of the electrical circuit before h e lost his balance and fell into the surrounding pit. Employee #1 was killed. A ladder was not the proper type of equipment for the job.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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