OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170239818

FRACTURE,HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,CONCUSSION,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD

1990-03-30T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SKULL,FALL,CONCUSSION,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170239818
Report ID: 1055310

Event description

Employee fractures skull in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

While spray painting a ceiling from a 7 ft rolling scaffold, Employee #1 backed up and fell off a scaffold's edge, landing on his head on the concrete floor. Em ployee #1 sustained a fracture and a severe concussion. The working surface was 54 in. wide and the scaffold did not have guardrails, which are legal according to Wac 296-155-48523(2)(m).

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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