OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341721

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,PLANK,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1988-03-25T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,PLANK,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14341721
Report ID: 418800

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had rigged a 2 tier tubular coupled scaffold to a height of 18 ft. E ach tier measured 6 ft, not including the extension of poles. Employee #1 laid s hort planks across the rungs. A plank slipped from the rung, which caused Employ ee #1 to fall to his death. The accident occurred because the plank was too shor t to span the rungs and because Employee #1 weighed over 300 lb.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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