OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #594325
HEAD,INSTALLING,STEPLADDER,LOAD SHIFT,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 3
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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