OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563118
SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1, A LABORER, WAS APPAREN BOUNCED OFF THAT FLOOR EDGE (THERE WAS BLOOD IN THE AREA) AND FELL THE REMAINING 12 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK BETWEEN THE SCAFFOLD AND THE FOUND ATION WALL. TLY WALKING ALONG A SCAFFOLD, 23 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. (THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS ACCIDENT.) HE WALKED INTO THE AREA WHERE 2 PLANKS BRIDGED THE 33 INCH G AP BETWEEN THE SCAFFOLD AND THE FIRST FLOOR OPEN-SIDED FLOOR EDGE (NEAR WALL LIN E K). HE APPARENTLY EITHER SLIPPED OR TRIPPED AND FELL 3 1/2 FEET TO THE BRICKLA YER'S FOOT PLANKS BELOW THE GAP. HE THEN APPARENTLY ROLLED THROUGH THE 16 TO 17 INCH UNPROTECTED WALL OPENING BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE UPPER WALL OPENING AND T HE FOOT PLANKS (ON THE SCAFFOLD SIDE ARM BRACKET). HE THEN FELL 6 FEET, 10 INCHE S TO THE LOBBY FLOOR CONCRETE EDGE, OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER CABLES. HE APPARENTLY
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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