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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497903

J F BARTON CONTRACTING CO

HOUSTON, TX—

Event
SKULL, STEPLADDER, HEAD, FALL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERTURN, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#1364942
Employer profile
J F BARTON CONTRACTING CO
Summary number
14497903
Report ID
626600

Event description

Employee killed in fall when ladder overturns

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on the second step from the top of a 6 ft Acme wooden s tepladder. He was patching concrete above his head, at a height of approximately 10 ft, when the ladder overturned. Employee #1 fell about 5 ft 7 in., fracturin g his skull. He was killed.

Victims (8)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  4. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  5. #984 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  6. #985 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  7. #986 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

  8. #987 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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