OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691915

MCCARTHY CONST/MARK DIVERSIFIED INC.

PROVO, UT· 1986-11-05T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, LUNG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102103736
Employer profile: MCCARTHY CONST/MARK DIVERSIFIED INC.
Summary number: 691915
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was taking a measurement and marking a wall from an 18 foot scaffold when he apparently fell 18 feet to the ground. No one observed the accident. Em ployee #1 was taken to Utah Valley Hospital for treatment of multiple fractures, punctured lungs, and lacerations.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
558

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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