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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377618

FRACTURE,INSTALLING,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Event
FRACTURE,INSTALLING,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14377618
Report ID
521700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from collapsing scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on a 10 feet high tubular scaffold while installing alu minum siding on a two story house. One set of cross braces broke, causing the sc affold to collapse. Employee #1 fell and struck against the sidewalk. Employee # 1 died of multiple fractures.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    6
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    12
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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