OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514038
FRESCH ELECTRIC INC
SANDUSKY, OH—
Event description
Employee killed in 15 ft fall when ladder overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on May 3, 1985, Employee #1 was on a ladder securing hardware to a steel plate located 20 feet above a concrete floor. The ladder ove rturned and he fell 15 feet to the floor. Employee #1suffered fatal head injurie s.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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