OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594325
ROZIER DOOR COMPANY, INC.
GREENWOOD, MS·
Event description
Employee later dies after fall from stepladder
Investigation abstract
Employees were extending a door opener chain after a door installation had been completed. A coworker was adding the chain extension working from the top cap of a Bauer Corp. 10 ft fiberglass stepladder. Employee #1 was next to him on the s econd step from the top cap, at the 8 ft level, holding and handing chain to the coworker. When the chain slipped from the coworker's hand, the unexpected added weight caused Employee #1 to lose his balance and fall headfirst from the 8 ft level onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 died three days later from head injur ies.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- LADDER (25)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- NO APPROPR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (3)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.