OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379754
REPAIR,WALL,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN KNOCKED FROM SCAFFOLD BY FALLING WALL
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE REPAIRING AN EXTERIOR SOLDIER'S COURSE, WORKING FROM A TWO PO INT SUSPENTION SCAFFOLD, WHEN A 28 FOOT LONG SECTION OF THE PARAPET WALL BROKE L OOSE AND FELL ONTO THEM. THE SCAFFOLD WAS UNABLE TO WITHSTAND THE LOAD AND FELL TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS LIFELINE ATTACHED TO THE SCAFFOLD SYSTEM AND FELL 40 FEET TO THE GROUND, ALONG WITH THE SCAFFOLD. HE WAS KILLED. THE OTHER EM PLOYEE WAS INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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