OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14303788
INSTALLING,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE,WORK PLATFORM,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
On March 11, 1986, Employee #1 was sitting on the platform of a tubular scaffold , installing aluminum beams. The platform was moved while Employee #1 was still on it, causing him to lose his balance. He grasped a beam which then was support ing his entire weight, and it finally gave way. Employee #1 fell to the ground a nd was killed. (NOTE: Original report was in Spanish.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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