OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14337174
HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB FROM THE GROUND TO THE TOP OF A TUBULAR WELD MEANS WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR SAFE ACCESS TO THE SCAFFOLD. ED FRAME SCAFFOLD LOCATED AT THE FIRST FLOOR. HE CLIMBED THE JOB MADE WOOD LADDE R THAT HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE AIR SHAFT (MECHANICAL SHAFT "D") TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE FIRST FLOOR, HE TURNED AROUND ON THE LA DDER AND BEGAN CLIMBING THE SIDE OF THE SCAFFOLD. AS HE NEARED THE TOP OF THE SC AFFOLD, WITH ONE FOOT ON THE X-BRACE AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE 4 BY 4 INCH SUPPO RT ON TOP OF THE SCAFFOLD FRAME, HE REACHED FOR A 2 BY 4 INCH GUARDRAIL SUPPORT BRACE TO PULL HIMSELF UP. HE LOST HIS BALANCE, HOWEVER, AND FELL, HEADFIRST, 23 FEET, 5 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED. A LADDER OR OTHER SUITABLE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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