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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221377187

Balcony,Collapse,Competent Person,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Fracture,Guardrail,Hand,Injury Illness Prevention Program,Inspecting,Inspection,Installing,Lost Balance,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Moved,Nail,Planking,Residential Construction,Roofing,Scaffold,Scaffold Collapse,Testing,Unsecured,Unstable Position,Waterproofing,Wood,Wood Scaffold

Event
Balcony,Collapse,Competent Person,Fall,Fall From Elevation,Fall Protection,Fracture,Guardrail,Hand,Injury Illness Prevention Program,Inspecting,Inspection,Installing,Lost Balance,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Moved,Nail,Planking,Residential Construction,Roofing,Scaffold,Scaffold Collapse,Testing,Unsecured,Unstable Position,Waterproofing,Wood,Wood Scaffold
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221377187
Report ID
0419730
Project type
A
Construction end-use
B

Event description

Employee falls from scaffold on balcony and breaks ribs

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    595
    Fall distance
    12

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