OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342851
BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,GUARDRAIL,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ANKLE,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM SCAFFOLD; LATER DIED FROM BLOOD CLOT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A 6 FOOT HIGH SCAFFOLD, DOING EXTERIOR STUCCO WORK ON A SINGLE STORY HOUSE IN THE VICINITY OF COUNTRY LAKES ESTATES, 5180 NW 76TH TER RACE, LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, 33321. IT WAS ABOUT 10 AM ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 1986. THE SCAFFOLD WAS 3 PLANKS WIDE, AND DID NOT HAVE GUARDRAILS. EMPLOYEE #1, AN EMPLOYE E OF THE A-1 PLASTERING COMPANY, FELL OFF THE SCAFFOLD AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT AN KLE. HE DIED ON DECEMBER FIRST FROM A COMPLICATION (BLOOD CLOT) OF HIS INJURY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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