OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515456
OTIS ELEVATOR CO
ELYRIA, OH—
Event description
FALL FROM FIXED LADDER
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MODIFYING AN ELEVATOR. THE ACCESS TO THE MOTOR ROOM WAS VIA A 15FT FIXED LADDER THAT PASSED THROUGH THE CEILING (FLOOR OF THE MOTOR ROOM) AT THE 9 FT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER AND APPARENTLY FELL BACKWARD S AFTER HIS HANDS SLIPPED. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE RESULTING IN A S KULL FRACTURE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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