OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #652040
WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
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
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#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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