OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221455223
FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
FRESNO, CA·
Event description
Employee is injured in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on January 3, 2022, an employee was on an aluminum extension ladder where he was admitted for treatment. approximately nine feet off of the ground hanging a banner on light post in parking lot of an elementary school. The employee leaned the extension ladder against the pole with the middle of the top rung as the point of contact. While on the ladder, the employee reached around to the back side of the light post causing the ladder to twist. The employee fell from the ladder to the pavement below. The employee was found by a coworker unconscious and unresponsive on the ground below the light post with the ladder laying next to him. Emergency services were called and the employee was transported by ambulance to hospital,
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 62 M
- Event type
- 5
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