OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308639
ISLAND LATH & PLASTER CO., INC.
UNION TWP., NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
On July 28, 1988, Employee #1, of the Island Lath & Plaster Co., Inc., was handi ng down scaffold parts through an elevator shaft while standing on a scaffold. E mployee #1 was killed when both he and the scaffold fell down the elevator shaft .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 593
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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