OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #766022
EXTENSION LADDER,REPAIR,ELDERLY,FALL,CONCUSSION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a 75-year-old part-time worker, was hired to repair some fluorescen t light fixtures. He was using a Keller commercial type II, model 2520, green li ne 20 ft aluminum extension ladder when he apparently fell. He sustained a concu ssion and was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 75 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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