Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1228877.015 - Newgreen Legacy Services, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Cleveland Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 9:51 a.m. on April 24, 2017, an employee was on a A-Frame ladder fixing a rolling door. He had started to descend off the ladder, when the employee leaned off to the side of the ladder and recovered. The employee took one more step down the ladder bent over onto the ladder and he tried to go down another step when he started having serious distress. His body was jerking. He then let go with both hands simultaneously and fell off the ladder head first. The employee fell onto the concrete and sustained a head injury. He was killed from head injury and remote myocardial infarction.

Keywords: Fall, Head, Heart Attack, Ladder