OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379937

D.C. WALTERS ENTERPRISES, INC.

CINCINNATI, OH· 1986-11-13T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MIDRAIL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLDING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101691244
Employer profile: D.C. WALTERS ENTERPRISES, INC.
Summary number: 14379937
Report ID: 522000

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffolding

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was welding at the 45 foot level of a storage tank that was being er ected. When he turned to get out of the way of a steel beam that was being set i n place by a crane, he lost his balance. Employee #1 fell between a rope that wa s being used as a toprail and the scaffold planks. He was killed. The scaffoldin g was not equipped with a midrail or toeboards.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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