OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489835
REPUBLIC PAINTING SHEETING
SYRACUSE, NY—
Event description
Employee injured in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were stringing cable to support a work platform for p he same ladder. ainters under a southbound overpass on Interstate 81 in Syracuse, NY. Both emplo yees were working from the same 18 ft metal ladder that was atop an 11 ft high b us. They were using safety belts and lifelines, but Employee #1 had untied himse lf to descend the ladder. While trying to maneuver past his coworker, Employee # 1 lost his footing and began to fall. The coworker grabbed him and slung him to the top of the bus. Employee #1 landed on the rounded surface and then slid to t he ground. He sustained multiple bruises, contusions, and abrasions to various p arts of his body. The causal factor for this accident was two men working from t
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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