OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562193

HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

1990-03-23T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14562193
Report ID: 214700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had been wall plastering while standing on three planks without rail ings at the 24 ft level of a tubular welded scaffold. When he had finished he de scended to the 18 ft level, without use of a ladder, to continue plastering. At that level there were two planks and no railings. Employee #1 lost his balance a nd fell 18 ft to the concrete floor. He died two hours later at the hospital of head injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
584

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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