OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14265193

HEAD,INSTALLING,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,UNEVEN GROUND,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD

1985-01-28T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,INSTALLING,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,UNEVEN GROUND,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14265193
Report ID: 111400

Event description

Employee killed when scaffold tips over

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on January 28,1985, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing drywall from a manually propelled mobile scaffold that they had set u p over an 8-ft by 18-ft by 6-in. floor opening. One end of the scaffold moved, c ausing one of its wheels to go into the opening and the scaffold to tip. Employe e #1 fell 21 ft, 6 in. through the opening, striking his head on the concrete fl oor. He was hospitalized and died the same day. The coworker fell on a beam 3 ft below and managed to hold on; he was injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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