OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321277
SAFEWAY STEEL SCAFFOLD COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was approximately 24 ft above the ground erecting a welded-frame sca ffold that was 4 bucks high. He had secured the scaffold to the wall at the jack points using a fastening tool. As he was walking on a plank, Employee #1 fell h ead first onto the next lower level of cross braces, landing on his back and hea d. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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