OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999474
FMC CORP., NORTHERN ORDINANCE DIVISION
MINNEAPOLIS, MN·
Event description
WELDER INJURED IN FALL FROM LADDER
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 3, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A WELDER, DESCENDED A FIXED LADDER TO PICK UP SOME WARM FLUX FOR HIS SUBMERGED ARC WELDING MANIPULATOR. HE THEN FILLED A 5 GAL LON PAIL WITH ABOUT 45 POUNDS OF WARM FLUX AND PROCEEDED BACK UP THE LADDER TOWA RD THE ELEVATED WELDING PLATFORM. ABOUT HALFWAY UP THE LADDER (6 TO 8 FEET) HE L OST HIS GRIP ON THE HANDRAIL AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HIS HEAD STRUCK THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN A FRACTURED SKULL AND RELATED TRAUMA.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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