OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601799
FRACTURE,UNSECURED,AGRICULTURE,LADDER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NECK
Event description
Employee dies of broken neck while picking oranges
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:45 a.m. on January 9, 1989, Employee #1 was discovered lying at the base of an 18 to 20 ft high orange tree against which a 22 ft ladder was propped. Because the employee was assigned the task of picking oranges from the tree, it was supposed that he was on the ladder when he fell in some manner to t he loose sandy soil, breaking his neck. Death did not occur until after two cowo rkers, heeding Employee #1's cries and at his direction, picked him up and carri ed to the workers' bus.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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