OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519664

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1986-06-13T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14519664
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:10 p.m. on June 13, 1986, Employee #1 was at a height of abou t 90 ft on a tubular welded frame scaffold, cleaning brick with a gun hose. He a pparently lost his balance and fell backward, away from the scaffold, to the gro und. He was killed. The area in which Employee #1 was working had no guardrails

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 70 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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