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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14253017

FRACTURE,SHOULDER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD

Event
FRACTURE,SHOULDER,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14253017
Report ID
453710

Event description

EMPLOYEE FRACTURED SHOULDER IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was installing electrical fixtures at a construction site located on Highway 43 south of Greenville. He was working off of the top section of four m anually propelled mobile scaffolding (4.6 feet each) when he slipped between two pieces of planking and fell 18 to 22 feet to the concrete sidewalk below. The f all fractured his right shoulder.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    576
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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