Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519664

DON LEE

Event
GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101083210
Employer profile
DON LEE
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. #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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