OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214092
HEAD,FALL,CONCUSSION,WORK SURFACE,SCAFFOLD,SCAFFOLDING
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 18 FEET FROM A JOB MADE SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
An employee was working on a job-built scaffold installing soffit trim around th e vents on the cornice of a house. The scaffold was constructed of two pine 2-in ch-high by 4-inch-wide boards that were nailed across the window frame studs of a bay window. An approximately 2-inch-high by 10-inch-wide by 10-feet-long board was laid across for a working surface, which was approximately 18 feet above gr ound level. One of the 2-inch-high by 4-inch-wide boards pulled loose from the w indow frame and the employee fell feet first, then struck his head against a lar ge rock.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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