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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221454507

ELLIOTT / DRINKWARD CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Event
Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Impaled, Ladder, Steel
NAICS
238130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345900393
Employer profile
ELLIOTT / DRINKWARD CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Summary number
221454507
Report ID
0950635
Project type
A
Construction end-use
B

Event description

Employee is killed when impaled by steel

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on April 14, 2022, an employee was moving along a two-section extension ladder. The employee fell from ladder and was impaled by protruding reinforcing steel below him. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    567
    Fall distance
    7

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