OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571505
CONTINENTAL BUILDING SERVICES INC
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
FALL FROM 40 FOOT ALUMINUM LADDER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A WINDOW WASHER, WAS WORKING ON A 2-SECTION 40 FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENS ION LADDER WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS , EMPLOYEE #1 FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE LADDER TO HIS DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 448
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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