OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221518731
J&B HARTIGAN, INC.
CARROLLTON, VA—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At 2:30 p.m. on December 2, 2022, an employee was working alone in the garage of the owner's personal home that doubles as the headquarters office per the owner's instruction. The employee was using a ladder to retrieve Christmas lights from a shelf above the garage door when he fell from the ladder, struck his head, and was found unconscious on the floor. A family member found the employee and called for emergency services. The employee regained consciousness when EMTs arrived but was pronounced dead in the hospital due to a subdural hematoma.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 72 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 889
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.