OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14321301
SPARKS CONSTRUCTION
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold when lifeline breaks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker, a store mason and a glazier, were caulking windows a t the 46th floor of a construction site. They were working from a two-point susp ension scaffold next to an outside material hoist. While the material hoist was ascending, its door frame caught Employee #1's lifeline. The upward tension on t he lifeline pulled Employee #1 off the scaffold. His weight placed additional st rain on the lifeline, breaking it. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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