OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505515
FRACTURE,HEAD,GUARDRAIL,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM UNGUARDED SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT 11 AM ON APRIL 2, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED A LADDER TO THE TOP OF A 16 FOOT WALL FORM AND OVER ONTO A SCAFFOLD ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WALL. HE WAS CARR YING TWO HAND TROWELS AND A BRUSH TO PLACE ON THE SCAFFOLD. THERE WAS NO PERIMET ER GUARDING OR OTHER FALL PROTECTION PROVIDED ON THE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 13 FEET, 10 1/2 INCHES TO THE GROUND, SUFFERING A FATAL SKULL FRACTURE AND HEAD INJURY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 66 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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