OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14298293

HEAD,INSTALLING,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1985-06-12T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,INSTALLING,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14298293
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold collapses

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a helper were on a pump jack scaffold installing vinyl siding on a single family house. Employee #1 would make the cuts on the ground and then a ssist the helper in installing the pieces. They were both at one end of the scaf fold at a second floor window when a scaffold pole broke. Employee #1 and his he lper fell to the ground. Employee #1 hit his head on a stump in the front yard a nd was killed. The employees had been working for approximately 2 1/2 hours when the accident occurred.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
554

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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