OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14522122
PLATFORM,FRACTURE,HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold to concrete floor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was paint striping an interior building wall from a Baker tower scaf fold platform 59 in. from the floor. For some reason, he fell off the platform, hitting headfirst on the concrete floor. Employee #1 died 8 days later, from med ical complications from multiple injuries including a fractured skull.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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