OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759316

MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CAUGHT BY,DESCENDING,METAL LADDER,FALL,ELEVATOR,CONCRETE,UNSTABLE POSITION

1988-07-19T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CAUGHT BY,DESCENDING,METAL LADDER,FALL,ELEVATOR,CONCRETE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 759316
Report ID: 551800

Event description

Employee killed in fall from manlift

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:10 a.m. on July 19, 1988, Employee #1 had just finished chang ing the belts on the screw conveyor in elevator A and was attempting to bring a 6 ft aluminum Emerson Electric Company ladder with 5 steps down the manlift. The ladder caught on the side structure of the 60 ft manlift and knocked Employee # 1 from the manlift. Employee #1 fell approximately 25 ft onto the concrete floor and was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN, where he was pronounced dead.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
544

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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