OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251151
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WALKING ON PLANK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee hospitalized after fall from 38 ft high scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on a 38 ft high Morgan multi-level scaffold when he jum ped approximately 2 ft from the material storage area down to the 2 by 12 mason walk boards. One of the boards slid to the side, and Employee #1 fell to the gro und. He was hospitalized but the extent of his injuries had not yet been determi ned by the attending physician at the time of the investigation. Employee interv iews indicated that the accident was caused by Employee #1's unsafe movements.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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