OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386957
PPE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CONSTRUCTION,TRAFFIC CONTROL,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,TIE-OFF
Event description
Employee killed when scaffold is jarred
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a sheetmetal worker, and a coworker, a veteran craftsman, were on a and was able to make his way to safety through a window that had been broken whe n the scaffold crashed against the building. Employee #1 fell approximately 40 f t to the ground and was killed. Both employees had dropped independent lifelines and were equipped with safety belts and lanyards, but neither was tied off. Tra ffic cones, ppe, and wire mesh at the back of the staging were not in use at the time of the accident. two-point suspension scaffold, caulking the seams of a steel and glass curtain wall on a multi-story office building under construction. They were on their las t drop directly over a ground level drive-through at the building's main entranc e. The power cable for the scaffold's hoisting machines originated at the roof l evel, passed down the side of the building to within 2 to 3 ft of the ground, an d looped back up to the staging. A taxicab passing out of the drive-through caug ht the power cable on its bumper, pulling the scaffold away from the face of the building. The coworker grabbed the scaffold load line on his side of the stage
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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