OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975672
FRACTURE,EXTENSION LADDER,SLIP,SKULL,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALL FROM EXTENSION LADDER
Investigation abstract
At 10:30 a.m. on March 28, 1989, Employee #1 was reattaching a piece of aluminum siding on a three story residence approximately 22 feet up on a wooden 24 foot extension ladder. Another employee was holding and supporting the ladder at its base. A third employee was supervising the operation. Employee #1 was tacking th e siding in place when he fell from the ladder, landing approximately one foot t o the right of the base of the ladder on a concrete porch. He sustained a fractu red skull, was taken to the hospital, and died the next day.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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