OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14487813

HEAD,HARD HAT,DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,SCAFFOLD

1988-11-06T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,HARD HAT,DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14487813
Report ID: 215000

Event description

Employee killed when hit on head by falling plank

Investigation abstract

Workers were dismantling a 35 ft high scaffold. One worker laid a board on top o f the scaffold and was about to lay another one down when he slipped. He dropped the plank to grab the scaffold. When the plank fell, it hit the side of the sca ffold then hit Employee #1, a laborer who was on the ground, in the head. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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