OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498091

HEAD,EXTENSION LADDER,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION

1985-08-05T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,EXTENSION LADDER,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,OVERTURN,SCAFFOLD,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14498091
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold overturns

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were floating drywall in a stairwell. They set up a 2 7 in. wide by 6 ft long web-type rolling scaffold with a platform 8 ft above the first floor landing. Employee #1 placed a 10 ft metal extension ladder atop the rolling scaffold and against a 19 ft wall to climb higher and continue floating the drywall. While he was ascending the ladder, the scaffold overturned. Employ ee #1 fell 18 ft and sustained fatal head injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
25

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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