OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14492060
EMPIRE INDUSTRIES INC.
PATERSON, NJ·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT 1:15 PM ON DECEMBER 1, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OVERHAND LAYING CINDER BLOCKS ON A 36 FOOT, 5 INCH HIGH WALL. HE WAS STANDING ON A CANTALEVER OUTRIGGER SCAFFOLD . FOR SOME REASON HE FELL OVER THE 3 FEET, 11 INCH WALL HE WAS ERECTING, THEN FE LL THE ADDITIONAL 36 FEET, 5 INCHES TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING TROWELS AND MORTAR DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE BLOCKS. HE WAS FOUND DEAD WITH A SKUL L FRACTURE. BEFORE THE FALL, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEEN SHIVERING. THERE IS NO EVIDENC E YET OF A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK BEFORE HIS FALL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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