OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321103

RODNEY SQUARE ENGINEERING CO., INC.

PHILADELPHIA, PA· 1987-03-12T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CLEANING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18072983
Employer profile: RODNEY SQUARE ENGINEERING CO., INC.
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 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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