OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552418
BOARD,ERECTION PROCESS,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,WORK PLATFORM,WORK SURFACE,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed in fall when balcony frame board gives way
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was erecting a scaffold on the back of a two-story house. He was app roximately 12 ft above the ground, standing on 2 by 6s that formed the frame for the balcony. He was pulling up a 2 ft by 12 ft plank for the scaffold platform when the header board on which he was standing gave way. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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