OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689240
HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONCUSSION,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION,SCAFFOLD
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM UNGUARDED SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT 12:45 PM ON MAY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STUFFING LOOSE INSULATING MATERIAL INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TOP OF A PARTITION WALL AND THE BOTTOM OF THE ROOF SH EATHING. HE WAS STANDING ON A 19 INCH WIDE SCAFFOLD PLATFORM LOCATED 10 1/2 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. THE SPACE INTO WHICH HE WAS PUSHING THE INSULATION WAS 19 FE ET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. (HE WAS USING A LONG STICK TO REACH UP THE ADDITIONAL 8 1/ 2 FEET.) FOR SOME REASON HE STEPPED BACKWARD OFF THE PLATFFORM AND FELL TO THE F LOOR. HE SUFFERED A MILD HEAD CONCUSSION AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO ST. LUKES HOSPITAL. HE WAS KEPT IN THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT AND RELEASED THE NEXT DAY.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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