OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312060

HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1986-05-08T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14312060
Report ID: 213900

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working from a 26-ft-high tubular welded scaffold that had been built four sections high. He was installing furring strips for cedar shake sidin g to the front of a brick building, using a powder-actuated fastener. He was at the top level of the scaffold when he fell and struck his head against the pavem ent. Employee #1 was killed. There were no guardrails, and no ladder been instal led for egress.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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