OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278519
GUARDRAIL,OUTRIGGER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 10 FEET FROM SECTIONAL SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 17, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS FOREMAN WERE WORKING ON THE OUTRIGGERS OF A TRUSSED FRAME SECTIONAL SCAFFOLD, APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR. THER E WERE NO GUARD RAILS ON THE ENDS OR FRONT PORTION OF THE OUTRIGGER. PLANKING HA D BEEN PLACED ON THE SCAFFOLDS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET FR OM FROM THE SIDE OF THE SCAFFOLD. THE FRONT EDGE OF THE OUTRIGGER WAS APPROXIMAT ELY 45 INCHES HORIZONTALLY FROM THE EDGE OF THE TWELVE-FOOT-HIGH CEILING. AT THA T POINT THE CEILING ASCENDS IN STEPS, 46 INCHES UP AND 27 INCHES OUT. FROM THAT POINT IT GOES STRAIGHT UP TO FORM THE CEILING OF THE ATRIUM. THE FOREMAN SAID TH AT THE LAST TIME HE SAW EMPLOYEE #1, HE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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