OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639930
HARRIS BROTHERS HEATING & COOLING CONTRACTORS INC.
UNION BEACH, NJ·
Event description
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLD FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE WORKING FROM ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDERS SET AGAINST A W ALL AND ON THE TOP OF A MANUALLY PROPELLED MOBILE SCAFFOLD. WHEN THE EMPLOYEES C LIMBED TOWARDS THE TOP OF THESE LADDERS, THE SCAFFOLD TOWER TIPPED OVER. THE EMP LOYEES FELL TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE. EMPLOYEE #1 LANDED ON HIS HEAD AND SUSTAINE D A FATAL INJURY. EMPLOYEE #2, WHO PARTIALLY BROKE HIS FALL BY GRABBING A ROPE, RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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