OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321277

WORK RULES,WALKING ON PLANK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SET UP,TIE-OFF,SCAFFOLD

1987-05-11T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES,WALKING ON PLANK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SET UP,TIE-OFF,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14321277
Report ID: 317000

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

#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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