OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443139

HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WELDER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1985-10-30T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WELDER,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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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