OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486773
WOODWORKS CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.
BRONX, NY·
Event description
Employee dies in fall from collapsing scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a pump jack-type scaffold, approximately 25 ft above the ground, repairing water leaks in the wood facade of a four-story residential structure. The scaffold poles had each been secured to the wall by one triangul ar steel brace and two 1 1/2 inch roofing nails set at 28 ft above the ground. O ne of the scaffold poles pulled free from the structure. The scaffold collapsed and Employee #1 fell 25 ft to the ground. He died of a fractured skull and inter nal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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