OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515506
METRO PAINTING INC
ORLANDO, FL—
Event description
Employee killed in fall when ladder base slips
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on February 20, 1984, Employee #1 was on a wooden lad der, descending 17 ft from the top of a wall to the sloping bottom of a clarific ation tank under construction. The base of the ladder was not secured and it sli d down the grade of the tank, causing Employee #1 to fall backward. He landed fl at on his back, striking the back of his head against the concrete tank. He suff ered a fractured skull and brain damage, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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