OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498364

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD

1985-11-20T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14498364
Report ID: 626600

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were on a 96 ft high scaffold, cleaning up brick with hand tools. Employee #1 was preparing to leave the scaffold when he fell to the ground and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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