OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823757
HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,SHOULDER,WAREHOUSE,HEMORRHAGE,LADDER,CARDIOVASC DISEASE,FALL
Event description
Employee dies after fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an experienced stock clerk in the warehouse section of a retail dep ntracerebral hemorrhaging due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The ladder belonged to an outside contractor who was not present at the time of the accide nt. Manually-propelled mobile ladder stands were available. artment store, was using a 10 ft aluminum single ladder to access an 8 ft 8 in. high stock shelf. After straightening the cartons on the 3 ft 9 in. wide shelf, the employee began to descend while facing the ladder. When he was at about the third rung from the top, he suddenly toppled over backward and landed on the bac k of his head and shoulders. He was found lying on the floor with eyes open, but evidently unconscious. Paramedics soon arrived, took his vital signs, and trans ported him to a nearby hospital, where he died two days later. An autopsy determ ined head and chest injuries as the cause of death, complicated by spontaneous i
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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