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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #652040

WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL

Event
WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
652040
Report ID
112000

Event description

Employee killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on a portable ladder helping a coworker nail a 2 by 8 i n place when he fell from the ladder to the ground. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 52 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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