OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470660

PENN ADVERTISING

READING, PA· 1986-02-05T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #812198
Employer profile: PENN ADVERTISING
Summary number: 14470660
Report ID: 316700

Event description

Employee killed in 21 ft fall from billboard

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on February 5, 1986, Employee #1 was working on a fo ur-sectioned advertising billboard. He was standing on a 2 in. wide strip of ang le iron, holding onto section three with his left hand. With his right hand, he was using a hammer to remove a nail from section two. The nail suddenly came out and Employee #1 lost his balance. He tried to hold on with his left hand, but t he third section pulled loose. Employee #1 and the third section fell 21 ft to t he ground. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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