OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732701
HARVIN LUMBER CO. INC.
SALTERS, SC—
Event description
FELL FROM LADDER ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 12 FOOT ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AN A REA BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE CEILING. FOR SOME REASON, HE FELL FROM THE LADDER O NTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND SUFFERED A CEREBRAL EDEMA. THE LADDER WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. EMPLOYEE #1 DIE D.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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.