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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 115152.015 - Employee Is Struck By Tool And Falls From Ladder; Later Dies

**Accident: 115152.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 04/05/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1391155.015	04/05/2019		1 Heavy Equipment Loading Inc.

At 9:15 a.m. on April 5, 2019, an employee was working from a five-foot ladder a nd was disconnecting a hydraulic fluid line from the top of a brake accumulator during the dismantling of a Caterpillar 980G Wheel Loader. The employee was str uck in the head by a tool he was using or by the hydraulic line fitting and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was brought to the hospital, where he late r died.

Keywords: automotive repair, concrete slab, face, fall, head, ladder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1391155.015	50	M	Fatality		Mechanical engineering technicians

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