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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330344

PLANK,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,NECK

Event
PLANK,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FRACTURE,CONSTRUCTION,NECK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14330344
Report ID
317700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was placing and nailing the floorboards of a scaffold between bridge beams 3 and 4. He was kneeling on one of the 2 in. by 6 in. boards and was nail ing it in place when it broke. Employee #1 fell 43 ft to the ground. His neck wa s broken and he was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt and safety nets were not in use.

Victims (5)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    20
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  3. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  4. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  5. #984 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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