OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14499859
ACORNS SIGNS
MILWAUKEE, WI·
Event description
SCAFFOLD ROPE BROKE; EMPLOYEE FELL TO DEATH
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 22, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 AND A FRIEND WERE WORKING FROM A SWING STAGE SC AFFOLD WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY A MANILA ROPE. THE ROPE, WHICH WAS BADLY DETERIORA TED, BROKE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THE SCAFFOLD FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, BUT HE TIRED AND LOST HIS GRIP. HE FELL, STRIKING HIS HEAD AND LOSING CONSCIOUS NESS. HE REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS AND THEN DIED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SELF EMPLOYED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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