Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14342091 - Employee dies of fractured skull after falling from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 14342091 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 06/11/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106110109	06/19/1991	4581	0	Eastern Airlines, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on the sixth step of a 9 ft A-frame metal ladder replacing screws in the rear access panel of an L1011. The employee apparently overextended his reaching distance and fell onto the concrete floor. He was killed, sustaining a fractured skull.

Keywords: AIRCRAFT, FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, SKULL, METAL LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106110109			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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