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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521371

UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD

Event
UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,BRACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14521371
Report ID
524500

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)

  1. #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
  2. #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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