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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Laborer Dies After Fall From Ladder in South Carolina
A masonry contractor had been contracted to construct a life center building across the road from a hospital complex. A construction laborer (victim) had been instructed by his foreman to prepare a batch of mortar on the second level of a new construction project, and carry it to the third level. The mortar was carried by pails from the second level via stairs to the third level. For some unknown reason, the victim decided to use the top section of an aluminum extension ladder (without safety feet). He placed one end of the ladder on the wet concrete floor, leaned the other end against a wall, and started to climb. The ladder apparently slipped on the wet floor causing him to fall approximately 12 feet.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Laborer Dies After Fall From Ladder in South Carolina
A masonry contractor had been contracted to construct a life center building across the road from a hospital complex. A construction laborer (victim) had been instructed by his foreman to prepare a batch of mortar on the second level of a new construction project, and carry it to the third level. The mortar was carried by pails from the second level via stairs to the third level. For some unknown reason, the victim decided to use the top section of an aluminum extension ladder (without safety feet). He placed one end of the ladder on the wet concrete floor, leaned the other end against a wall, and started to climb. The ladder apparently slipped on the wet floor causing him to fall approximately 12 feet.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Laborer Dies After Fall From Ladder in South Carolina
1989
8 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Industrial Safety Engineering , Occupational safety and health , Accident investigations , Industrial safety , Construction sites , Laborer , Masonry , Fatalities , Construction industry , Accident prevention , Recommendations , Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation , Accidental falls