OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14489066
WORK RULES,FIRE ESCAPE,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 BOARDED A TWO POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FO URTH FLOOR FIRE ESCAPE. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SAFETY BELT. THE SCAFFOLD WAS SETTI NG IN A CANTALEVERED POSITION. AS HE WALKED TO THE END OF THE SCAFFOLD, THE KNOT OF THE SUPPORT ROPE UNTIED, CAUSING THE SCAFFOLD TO TIP. EMPLOYE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
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
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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