OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221358922
E EDGE DELUXE PLUMBING LLC
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
Employee falls from ladder and dies
Investigation abstract
At 1:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee worked from a ten-foot A-Frame (Werner) stepladder to install plastic straps onto trusses. At some point, the employee began to experience a possible heart attack, clutched their chest and fell approximately five feet backwards from the ladder. The employee was taken to a local hospital to treat a concussion, head laceration, unspecified back injuries and coma. The employee was taken off life support a few days later and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 865
- Fall distance
- 5
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