OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519524

SINGLE-PT SUSP SCAFF,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SUPPORT CABLE,FALL,SCAFFOLD

1986-04-01T00:00:00

Event: SINGLE-PT SUSP SCAFF,INADEQUATE MAINT,WORK RULES,BROKEN CABLE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,SUPPORT CABLE,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14519524
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold cable breaks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a sky climber (a single-point suspension scaffold) when the 0 .3125-in. cable broke. Employee #1 was killed when he and the scaffold unit fell over 80 ft. Employee #1 was killed. The skylock overspeed device was not in use . Preventive maintenance on the sky climber had been inadequate.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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