OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453476
MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,FALL,STRUCK BY,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,CRANE,INATTENTION,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed in fall from elevated work platform
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on an electrical conduit system from a self-propelled el evated work platform. A bridge crane operator did not see the work platform and struck it, causing the platform to tip over. Employee #1 fell 20 ft, striking hi s head on the concrete floor. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 533
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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