OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #653683

BUILDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD

1989-12-19T00:00:00

Event: BUILDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,UNGUARDED,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 653683
Report ID: 111400

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN FELL FROM UNGUARDED BALCONY

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 fell from a balcony of a building under construction, while attempti ng to reach work tool bucket located on an adjacent scaffold. There was a distan ce of approximately 40 in. between scaffold and unguarded balcony. Employee #1 f ell approximately 50 ft to the floor at the fourth-floor level and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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