OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14444186

PLANKING,FRACTURE,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,SLIP,RIB,FALL,SCAFFOLD

1988-04-25T00:00:00

Event: PLANKING,FRACTURE,SHOULDER,UNSECURED,SLIP,RIB,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14444186
Report ID: 355116

Event description

Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 25, Employee #1 was on scaffolding carrying an 8 in. building block. The planking slipped off the scaffold, causing the empl oyee to fall 18 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken shoulder, and internal injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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