OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443139

DANIEL CONSTRUCTION CO.

HOPEWELL, VA· 1985-10-30T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #3303021
Employer profile: DANIEL CONSTRUCTION CO.
Summary number: 14443139
Report ID: 355111

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a welder, had climbed a tubular welded frame scaffold without using a ladder. When he began to climb onto the platform, he grabbed a toe board, whi ch pulled loose. He fell onto concrete, sustaining head injuries from which he l ater died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
783

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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