OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #810291
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPEL HILL, NC·
Event description
Employee dies of blood clot after two-step fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
On March 11, 1988, Employee #1 was standing on a two-step wooden ladder while in stalling spark plugs under the hood of a truck. The ladder slipped and he fell, striking his lower left abdomen against the right fender of the truck. A blood c lot developed and Employee #1 died in the hospital on March 15, 1988.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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