Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 79206.015 - Employee Falls And Is Killed

**Accident: 79206.015 -- Report ID: 0257250 -- Event Date: 08/24/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1088575.015	08/24/2015		Supermercado Agueybana Inc

On August 24, 2015, Employee #1 was standing on plywood, positioning a ladder on a mezzanine. The employee was securing a permanent ladder 24 feet from the top of the mezzanine to the first story level. The plywood shifted, causing Employee #1 to fall off of the ladder, hitting the concrete floor. He was killed from a cranial fracture that he sustained in the fall.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, fracture, head, ladder, struck against, wood panel

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1088575.015	51	M	Fatality		Solderers and brazers	FallDist: 24 FallHt:24 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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