OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14330344
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CONSTRUCTION CORP.
TOWANDA, PA·
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)
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#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
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#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
-
#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
-
#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
-
#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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