OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14219182
MAREK BROTHERS SYSTEMS INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL WHEN SCAFFOLD BREAKS
Investigation abstract
On August 5, 1987, Employee # 1 and two other carpenters were installing a sheet rock 13 ft above the ground. They were standing on the 2-ft by 4-ft- scaffold, c onstructed on the job. Employee #1 and other coworkers were standing in one spot at the end of the scaffold. The scaffold broke and Employee #1 fell, landing on the head. The other two coworkers also fell but they were not injured.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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