OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14484257
BAST HATFIELD INC.
TROY, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM CONSTRUCTION SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 27, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE ON A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAF FOLD WHICH MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF 1926.451. HIS HELPER HAD GONE FOR COFFEE. WHEN THE HELPER RETURNED TO THE WORK SITE HE FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 LYING ON THE ASP HALT PAVEMENT NEXT TO THE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD APPARENTLY FALLEN, FOR UNKNO WN REASONS, BETWEEN 50 AND 75 FEET FROM THE SCAFFOLD. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ELLI S HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED ON AUGUST 29, 1986.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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