OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301279

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,ARM,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,SCAFFOLD

1987-08-17T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,ARM,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14301279
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee fractures arm in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a scaffold platform at the fifth-floor level working on exter ior elevator wall forms. He fell approximately 45 ft. onto a pile of 4 by 4 lumb er. Employee #1 sustained a fractured left forearm and two cracked ribs, for whi ch he was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
17

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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