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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562706

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

Event
UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14562706
Report ID
214700

Event description

Employee killed in 110 ft fall when scaffold bracket fails

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a scaffold at the powering roof of a smokestack on a powerhou se when a scaffold bracket disengaged from a wire rope that was around the smoke stack. He fell 110 ft to the ground and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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