OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221449143

PEPSICO, INC

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT· 2021-12-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hip, Laceration, Ladder, Loading Dock, Lost Balance, Maintenance, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Pelvis, Repair, Stepladder, Work Surface
NAICS: 424490
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345709687
Employer profile: PEPSICO, INC
Summary number: 221449143
Report ID: 0155010

Event description

Employee incurs multiple fractures, cuts in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on December 30, 2021, an employee was working from a 4-foot Werner stepladder inside the rear of a 40 foot Geo box trailer repairing an overhead door spring. The employee missed the bottom step while descending the ladder and fell 3 feet, 9 inches onto the lift gate platform. The employee incurred fractures and lacerations to his hip, pelvis and arm, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
505

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