OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691436
FRED MEYER
TAYLORSVILLE, UT·
Event description
Employee breaks hip, cracks pelvis in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a 20 ft extension ladder to apply price tags to cartons of medicine cabinets that were stocked in a warehouse. The ladder moved to the rig ht, and the employee fell 10 ft into cartons of artificial flowers, which cushio ned his fall. Employee #1 was transported to Cottonwood Hospital with a broken h ip and a cracked pelvis. The model 262 D ladder, manufactured by the Columbia La dder Company, was defective.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 365
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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