OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352843

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,LOST BALANCE,SLOPE,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLDING,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1986-10-28T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,LOST BALANCE,SLOPE,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLDING,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14352843
Report ID: 418600

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold being assembled

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and two coworkers, all construction workers, were assembling tubular welded scaffolding on an incline. The scaffold's members were set in shell sand without sound and rigid fastenings. The employees were standing on one side of the scaffolding, preparing to attach the ladders, when the assembly shifted off balance and toppled. Employee #1 was thrown from the scaffolding and fell 50 ft into a cofferdam and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
18

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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