OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14312581

INSTALLING,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1987-12-22T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,LADDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14312581
Report ID: 213100

Event description

Employee killed in fall from ladder on scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker, carpenters, were installing cedar siding on a 2-stor y private home. They were working from two 12 ft sections of a 24 ft fiberglass ladder that was positioned on an 8 ft high two-stage tubular welded frame scaffo ld. When the scaffold tipped over, dislodging the ladders, the employees fell to the ground and Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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