OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259469

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION

1985-02-14T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,COMMUNICATION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14259469
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by whaler thrown from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was 15 ft below an area in which a crew was tearing out wooden forms (whalers) from a bridge under construction. Two workers on scaffolding were rem oving the whalers, which were composed of two 4 1/2 ft long 2 by 10s and weighed approximately 20 to 30 lb each. One of the workers threw down a whaler that str uck Employee #1 on the back of the neck, crushing the vertebrae in his neck, inj uring his brain stem and spinal cord. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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