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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #971432

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,LADDER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,METAL LADDER,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,LEG

Event
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,LADDER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,METAL LADDER,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
971432
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall as ladder slips on wet floor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was climbing up an aluminum ladder when the base of the ladder slipp ed on a wet concrete floor, causing the employee to fall approximately 8 feet. T he employee suffered two broken femurs and a lacerated forehead.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    17
    Task assigned
    2

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