OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221538606
M & D HOME SERVICE INC.
NEW SHOREHAM, RI—
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
At 2:49 p.m. on February 14, 2023, Employee #1 was holding the ladder in place while the employer was utilizing the ladder to set up roof staging. Employee #1 ascended the ladder to tie the ladder off to the deck railing. Employee #1 fell approximately 15 feet to the ground floor, landing on a metal fence post. The fence post impaled the employee through the left lateral chest wall and out of the right lateral neck. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 869
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