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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443659

HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,OFF LOADING,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD

Event
HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,OFF LOADING,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14443659
Report ID
355114

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on the platform of a metal tube scaffold off loading 12 inch cin der blocks from a material loader (Highlander type). The platform was not servic ed by standard guardrails and/or toe boards for its entire length of 88 feet. Em ployee #1 fell from the unguarded platform to the concrete floor, sustained head and other bodily injuries, and died.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 18 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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