OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377501
HATFIELD ELECTRIC
BEDFORD PARK, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by scaffold guardrail
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was descending the ladder from the work platform of a one man Hi-jac ker scaffold unit when the cage-type guardrail system unlocked and pivoted on th e front lock pins. It fell backward and struck Employee #1, causing him to be th rown against the scaffold. His skull was crushed against the scaffold ladder and he died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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