OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14436109
STEINY & COMPANY
LATHROP, CA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PAINTING THE CEILING OF A SWIMMING POOL BU ILDING, WORKING FROM AN INTERIOR HUNG SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD CONSISTED OF TWO TE N-FOOT PLANKS WHICH WERE OVERLAPPED AND HELD TOGETHER BY TWO 3/8 INCH WIRE ROPE CHOKERS. THE SCAFFOLD WAS HELD BY ROPES SECURED TO EACH END AND TO THE CENTER. T HERE WERE NO GUARD RAILS PROVIDED NOR WERE THE EMPLOYEES USING SAFETY LINES. EMP LOYEE #1 SAT FACING EAST, STRADLING A PLANK WHILE THE OTHER WORKER STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 30 FEET TO THE CON CRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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