OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521371
UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were working from a scaffold plank supported by two angle ir on braces secured to the exterior wall of a building. One of the braces pulled l oose from the wall, causing both men to fall 26 ft to the concrete surface. Empl oyee #1 was killed; Employee #2 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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