OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346456

ISCO INCORPORATION

ORLANDO, FL· 1985-11-19T00:00:00

Event: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLDING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100380732
Employer profile: ISCO INCORPORATION
Summary number: 14346456
Report ID: 420600

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffolding

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was dismantling scaffolding. He picked up an end of a scaffold plank , looked around behind him, then stepped backward into a 5 ft by 20 ft opening t hat a coworker had just created. He fell 23 ft to the ground and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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