Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14421416

FBG SERVICE CORP.

Event
WINDOW WASHER, UNSECURED, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100884774
Employer profile
FBG SERVICE CORP.
Summary number
14421416
Report ID
728900

Event description

Employee dies in fall with dislodged scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee was washing windows from a boatswains chair. The weights holding the ba ck of the roll-along scaffold dislodged from the scaffold, allowing the scaffold to tip over the edge of the building. Employee #1 and the scaffold dropped to t he ground. Employee #1 died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    24
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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