OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686857
EXTENSION LADDER,SPLEEN,LADDER,METAL LADDER,FALL,LOST BALANCE,VERTEBRA,CONTUSION
Event description
FELL FROM EXTENSION LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM THE TEN FOOT STEP OF A UL APPROVED ALUMINUM EXTENSI ON LADDER, MAKING A MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION OF A 14 FOOT DIAMETER STORAGE T ANK. HE LEANED TO ONE SIDE, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE. T HE LADDER WAS SECURED TO THE TANK SKID, AT THE FIVE FOOT LEVEL, BY A 3/8 INCH MA NILA ROPE AND HOOK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL'S INTENSIVE CAR E UNIT, WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A RUPTURED SPLEEN, A CHIPPED VERTABRA CARTILAGE AND A POSSIBLE CARDIAC CONTUSION.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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