OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402655

FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NECK,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1987-10-21T17:30:00

Event: FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NECK,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14402655
Report ID: 626000

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING, 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, ON A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME S CAFFOLD SETTING STONEWORK ON A GARAGE AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. AT 5:30 PM ON OCTO BER 21, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND, LYING FACE DOWN, ON THE CONCRETE NEXT TO TH E SCAFFOLDING. THE AUTOPSY INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A BROKEN NECK. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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