OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686725

MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,ARM,CONTUSION,INATTENTION

1985-07-29T00:00:00

Event: MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,RIB,FALL,ARM,CONTUSION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 686725
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee bruised in fall from mobile scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on a 7 foot manually propelled mobile scaffold. While ch alking a line, Employee #1 walked off the end of the scaffold, falling to planki ng. He suffered bruises on his right arm and right ribs. He was taken to the hos pital for X-rays and then released.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
597

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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