OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14270029
PIN,SAFETY BELT,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,TIE-OFF,SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A TWO POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD AT THE FOURTH FLOOR HE EYE OF THE CABLE WAS RECESSED AND NOT READILY VISIBLE. THE SCAFFOLD ALSO WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR TERRACE. THIS WAS DUE TO THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH O F THE PARAPET WALL COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THE SCAFFOLD WAS PARTIALLY BENEATH A SOFFIT. LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT BUT HAD NOT ATTACH ED THE LANYARD TO ANYTHING. AN EMPLOYEE OF A DIFFERENT FIRM, WORKING AT THE FIFT H FLOOR LEVEL, WAS INSTALLING FLASHING ON THE PARAPET WALL AND RELATED AREAS TO MAKE A CLOSER FIT ON A BRACE, THE SECOND EMPLOYEE REMOVED A PIN WHICH HELD THE C ABLE SUPPORTING ONE END OF THE SCAFFOLD. THAT END OF THE SCAFFOLD FELL, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO FALL TO HIS DEATH ON THE GROUND FORTY FEET BELOW. THE CABLE WAS I NSIDE A THREE INCH SQUARE TUBE WHICH RAN THROUGH THE PARAPET WALL. THE PIN SUPPO RTING THE CABLE PASSED THROUGH EACH SIDE OF THE TUBE AND THE EYE OF THE CABLE. T
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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