OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428510

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1986-07-14T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14428510
Report ID: 830500

Event description

Employee killed in fall from 200 ft tubular scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 18, fell off the working platform of a 200 ft tall tubular weld ed frame scaffold and was killed. The scaffold was fully planked across but had no railing around the working platform.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 18 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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