OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891713
FRACTURE,EXTENSION LADDER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,METAL LADDER,PELVIS,FALL
Event description
Employee fractures pelvis in fall with ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 leaned an aluminum extension ladder against a 12 in. tall steel I-be am that was positioned approximately 15 ft above a concrete floor. He then climb ed the ladder and proceeded to paint the steel beam. Apparently, the feet of the ladder kicked out and the ladder fell. Employee #1 landed on the concrete floor and fractured his pelvis. The ladder was not secured at the top or bottom to pr event displacement.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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