Accident Investigation of the June 29, 2012, Fall from a Fixed Ladder at Building 830, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory

On June 29, 2012, a maintenance metals worker fell from a height of approximately 15-feet landing on asphalt pavement that resulted in the injury.

Office of Environment, Health, Safety & Security

August 1, 2012
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August 2012

On June 29, 2012, at approximately 2:35 p.m., a Brookhaven Sciences Associates maintenance metals worker was climbing a fixed ladder located on the exterior of Brookhaven National Laboratory Building 830. The worker lost three-points of contact with the fixed ladder and fell from a height of approximately 15-feet landing on asphalt pavement.