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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321103

WORK RULES,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,INATTENTION,SCAFFOLD

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,INATTENTION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14321103
Report ID
317000

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold platform

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was 100 feet above the floor on a scaffold platform, cleaning struct ural steel and heaters. When Employee #1stepped backward off the scaffold he fel l to the concrete and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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