OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #968024
DOOR DOCTOR
LAS VEGAS, NV·
Event description
FALL FROM LADDER - POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK
Investigation abstract
A GARAGE DOOR REPAIR WORKER HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE GARAGE DOOR OF A RESIDENCE. HE WAS FOUND DEAD, LYING ON HIS BACK WITH HIS OCCIPUT DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT OF A FALL. A 6-FOOT LADDER WAS FOUND UNDER AN ELECTRIC GARAGE DOOR OPENER, WITH ITS COVER ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. THE POWER SUPPLY CORD FOR THE OPENER HAD CARRIED ENOU GH CURRENT TO HEAT IT ENOUGH TO SCORCH THE WALL. BECAUSE OF THE LIVE PARTS EXPOS ED BY THE UNCOVERED OPENER, THE BACKWARD POSITION OF THE BODY, AND THE EVIDENCE OF CURRENT PASSING NEAR THE SUPPORTS FOR THE OPENER, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT ELECT RIC SHOCK WAS A LIKELY CAUSE OF THE FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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