OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453476

VIKING PUMP DIV.(HOUDAILLE INDUSTRIES INC.)

CEDAR FALLS, IA· 1985-10-02T00:00:00

Event: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, CRANE, INATTENTION, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2658805
Employer profile: VIKING PUMP DIV.(HOUDAILLE INDUSTRIES INC.)
Summary number: 14453476
Report ID: 751910

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

#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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