OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223317

UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION

1987-01-05T10:40:00

Event: UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14223317
Report ID: 551800

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN SCAFFOLD OVERTURNED

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 AM ON JANUARY 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEWING SECTIONS OF HALF INCH NYLON MESH NETTING TOGETHER. THE NETTING HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER A CANO PY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. HE WAS WORKING FROM A 19 INCH WIDE BY 26 INCHES LONG WORK PLATFORM, 11 1/2 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE "HI-JACKER" ECONOMY LADDER HAD BEE N PLACED ON AN 18 INCH WIDE AREA OF SIDEWALK, NEXT TO A 6 INCH HIGH CURB. THERE ALSO WAS AN INCLINE FOR A HANDICAPPED RAMP. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE SCAFFOLD MOV ED, DROPPED OFF THE 6 INCH CURB AND FELL OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF A BROKEN NECK , FACIAL FRACTURES AND CUTS AND BROKEN RIBS.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
558

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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