OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690974
FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PLANK,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ANKLE,FOOT,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee fractures foot/ankle in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee # 1 climbed a scaffold to inspect work that had been done on a roof. As he was walking on several planks that were on the scaffolding, the planks tippe d and he fell 20 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a foot fracture.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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