OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223317
INDIANA TERMINIX COMPANY INC
MISHAWAKA, IN·
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
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#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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