OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503197
ALPHA MASONRY, INC.
KANSAS CITY, KS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL WHEN SCAFFOLD BEAR BREAKS
Investigation abstract
On May 18, 1987, Employee #1 was laying bricks while standing on a scaffold. Whe n Employee # 1 stepped on the scaffold bar, it broke. Employee #1 fell to the gr ound from height of approximately 30 feet and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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