OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14409924

NEWELL RECYCLING CO., INC.

FT. SAM HOUSTON, TX· 1987-08-03T00:00:00

Event: IND TRK OPERATOR, DISMANTLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102345816
Employer profile: NEWELL RECYCLING CO., INC.
Summary number: 14409924
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold collapses

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a mobile scaffold, cutting the timber and cross members of a building that was being demolished. A forklift operator was pulling down the cro ss members. Some timbers struck the mobile scaffold when they fell, causing it t o collapse. Employee #1 was thrown off the scaffold to the concrete floor. He wa s killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
6

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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