OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14507438
AUSTIN FIREWORKS, INC.
DENVER, CO·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when scaffold overturns in wind
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 5, 1986, Employee #1 was attaching fuses on a Statue of Liberty display that was affixed to an approximately 39 ft high by 10 ft long by 5 ft wide scaffold. A gust of wind apparently blew the scaffold over . Employee #1 fell and was killed. The scaffold consisted of six sections of Saf -way open-end frame scaffolding with one plank being used as the work platform. It had no safe access. Electric fence wire was being used as a guy, and no type of fall protection was provided.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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