OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278022
DISMANTLING,FALL,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING DOWN A TUBULAR WELDED SCAFFOLD. WHILE T RYING TO FREE ONE OF THE FRAMES HE APPARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROXIM ATELY 32 FEET TO THE GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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