OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943225
UNCONSCIOUSNESS,COVER,INSTALLING,ROOF,LADDER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FOOT,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee falls from ladder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:50 a.m. on January 17, 1989, Employee #1 was pulling a roof h atch cover over the hatch while standing on a ladder. The employee's foot slippe d and he fell approximately 11 1/2 ft to the wooden floor. There were no witness es. Suffering loss of consciousness and sprained shoulder muscles, Employee #1 w as checked and released from the hospital. He lost 10 days of work. The causal f actor was the misjudgment of a hazardous situation. Employee #1 had both hands o n the hatch cover and was not using one for balance. The ladder was secured at t he bottom, and the top was blocked to prevent a fall.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 8
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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