OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14222954
EXTENSION LADDER,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,LADDER,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM LADDER AND SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:40 PM ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO SP ACKLE DRYWALL JOINTS ABOUT 20 FEET ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR. HE WAS WORKING FROM A WOODEN EXTENSION LADDER THAT WAS SITTING ON A MANUALLY PROPELLED MOBILE SCAFFOLD . EITHER THE SCAFFOLD STARTED ROLLING AWAY FROM THE WALL OR TIPPED OVER. EITHER WAY THE LADDER SLID DOWN THE WALL, ALONG WITH THE EMPLOYEE, TO THE FLOOR. THE EM PLOYEE DIED. NO ONE ELSE WAS WORKING ON THIS JOB SITE ON THAT DATE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND BY THE BUILDING MANAGER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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