OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888933

FRACTURE,HEAD,COLLAPSE,STEPLADDER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,FALL,WRIST

1988-10-15T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,COLLAPSE,STEPLADDER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LACERATION,FALL,WRIST
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 888933
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee injured in fall when stepladder breaks

Investigation abstract

At about 9:40 a.m. on October 15, 1988, Employee #1, an electrician's helper for Bausum and Duckett Electrical Co., Inc., was running conduit pipe for a junctio n box and taking measurements while atop a 6 ft Werner wooden stepladder. He was standing on the fourth step of the ladder when the step broke, causing the step ladder's legs to collapse. The employee fell approximately 4 ft to the concrete floor, sustaining a cut on his head and a fractured right wrist.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
24

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
576

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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