OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709170
INTERMOUNTAIN CAULKING
OREM, UT·
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was preparing to caulk a window that was 15 feet above a concrete fl oor covered with vinyl tile. He placed an aluminum extension ladder upside down on the floor. The top of the ladder was a half circle covered with vinyl, and Em ployee #1's placement of the ladder put vinyl against vinyl. Employee #1 climbed the ladder and was 12 feet off the floor when the bottom of the ladder slipped and he fell. Employee #1 was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, where he was hospita lized for treatment of two fractured ankles and a shattered right shin bone.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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