Comdesign Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 31, 2016 (fatal): Employee falls from ladder and is killed

On August 31, 2016, an employee was working from a 10 foot step ladder pulling communication cables above a false ceiling with a coworker working from a separate step ladder. The employee was standing on the fourth rung of the step ladder which placed his head at approximately the same height as the 12 foot ceiling and his feet approximately 6 feet off the floor. When the employee turned his body to the left the metal spreaders on both sides of the ladder failed causing the ladder to collapse. The employee and the ladder fell to the concrete floor and the employee's right leg was caught in the ladder and his body came to rest on top of the closed ladder. The employee was transported to hospital where he was treated for a fractured left tibia and T11 vertebral as well as a concussion. The employee was killed due to fall from ladder. from ladder.