OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888735
ABC SUPPLY CO INC
ANNAPOLIS, MD·
Event description
Employee injured when homemade ladder falls and breaks
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 15, 1988, Employee #1 was climbing a hom emade ladder at a job site to access the roof to unload shingles. The ladder was positioned over an unguarded 8 ft 11 in. by 37 ft 1 in. wide floor hole when it apparently fell and broke, causing the employee to fall approximately 18 ft 6 i n. to a concrete basement floor and lose consciousness. He injured his right sho ulder, lost three teeth, and sustained sprains and bruises. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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