OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221696792
OAKMONT EDUCATION, LLC
CLEVELAND, OH—
Event description
Employee is fatally injured in ladder fall
Investigation abstract
At 7:14 p.m. on August 19, 2024, Employee #1 was decorating a bulletin board at in a fatality. an elevated height outside the cafeteria/gym. Employee #1 used a MULTI-POSITION PRO ladder to reach a height of eleven feet and five inches. The ladder, which uses J-locks and push knobs to secure its position, collapsed as Employee #1 stepped onto the fifth rung, causing the employee to fall backward onto the concrete landing surface. The ladder was owned by an outside contractor who was painting the cafeteria/gym area before school started the following day. Employee #1 suffered a fractured skull, a laceration on the back of the head, and both a right subdural hematoma and a left epidural hematoma, which resulted
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 F
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 14
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