OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14353114
A. W. BAYLOR PLASTERING, INC.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL·
Event description
Employee killed when hits head in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on August 15, 1988, Employee #1 and a coworker were p reparing to install a piece of 21 1/2 foot by 8 foot gypsum drywall (wallboard) under a soffit or overhang at the Marriott Hotel in Daytona Beach, FL. Employee #1 was working from a scaffold at the 18 foot level and the coworker was standin g on the 12 foot level. Neither employee was protected by guardrails. After the coworker handed the wallboard to Employee #1, he lost his balance and fell 18 fe et to the cement sidewalk in front of the scaffold. Employee # 1 sustained multi ple head and body injuries at 7:45 a.m. and died at 1:30 p.m. at a local area tr auma center.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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