OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563134
ESSENTIAL ELECTRIC CORP.
SEAFORD, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM SIDE OF SCAFFOLD, FRACTURING SKULL
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM ON JUNE 2, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLIMBING THE END OF AN 18 INCH RUNG SEPARATION. FOOT HIGH WHEELED TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAFFOLD, WORKING WITH HIS PARTNER TO AT TACH ELECTRICAL CONDUIT PIPES TO THE BASE OF CEILING BAR JOISTS, 23 FEET ABOVE T HE CONCRETE FLOOR. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT HALF WAY UP THE SCAFFOLD, HIS PARTNER, WHO HAD CLIMBED UP AHEAD OF HIM, THEN PARTLY DESCENDED THE OTHER SIDE, YELLED AT HIM TO GO BACK DOWN THE SCAFFOLD AND HOLD THE BOTTOM OF A VERTICAL CONDUIT PIPE WHI CH EXTENDED DOWN THE WALL. AS HE LOOSENED HIS GRIP IN PREPARATION TO DESCENDING, HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, FATALLY FRACTURING HIS SKULL. THE STRUCTUAL HORIZONTAL CROSS MEMBERS OF THE SCAFFOLD DID NOT HAVE A UNIFORM 12
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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