OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221532393

ARNDT CONSTRUCTION LLC

CUERO, TX— 2022-12-26T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Residential Construction, Skull, Stepladder, Tips Over
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346464027
Employer profile: ARNDT CONSTRUCTION LLC
Summary number: 221532393
Report ID: 0626000
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 1:46 p.m. on December 26, 2022, an employee was asked to get the center measurement for a main center support beam that was to be placed for the two car garage. The general contractor turned away to go get a forklift and when he came back he saw the employee lying face up on the concrete slab foundation in a pool of blood and unresponsive. The 8-foot fiberglass stepladder was toppled over near the employee's feet and the metal spreader/locking arms were slightly folded up and not locked. The employee died due to a fractured skull.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7004

Fall distance
8

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