OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #753707
COLUMBIA ENGINEERING CORP.
CLAYPOOL, AZ·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from fixed ladder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:05 a.m. on October 17, 1988, Employee #1 was carrying a ligh t fixture while descending a fixed ladder built into a scaffold end frame. He lo st his grip on the ladder and fell approximately 12 ft to the ground. His head s truck against the ground and he was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8390
- Task assigned
- 1
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