OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891218
LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
After some window frames had been painted, Employee #1 had to scrape and clean t he glass. He fell from a 24-ft-long portable metal ladder. He was hospitalized f or injuries sustained in the fall.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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