Abstract: On October 14, 2005, Employee #1, a gardener for a landscaping company, and a coworker were instructed by a supervisor to clean out the planters located on the second level of the shopping mall. The planters were attached to the perimeter of the upper level, below the glass guard railing. Employee #1 and the coworker started working in the area near the entrance to the Robinsons-May store on the second level. Employee #1 was using a 14-ft step ladder to climb up to reach the planter. While cleaning out the planter, Employee #1 fell 15 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was unresponsive and was taken to Northridge Hospital. The diagnosis was the massive closed head trauma and cardio respiratory arrest, as well as a fractured clavicle and multiple fractured ribs. Employee #1 was in a coma, on life-support. He was removed from life-support and was pronounced dead at 11:00 a.m. on October 14, 2005.