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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14535736

WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FALLING OBJECT,SCAFFOLD

Event
WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FALLING OBJECT,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14535736
Report ID
830300

Event description

Employee killed in 250 ft fall from smokestack scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on a scaffold around the top of a 250 ft high smokestack , when a section of concrete that was being removed fell onto the scaffold. He w as knocked off, fell to the ground, and was killed. Employee #1 was not using hi s safety belt at the time of the accident.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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