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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #693713

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
693713
Report ID
355114

Event description

Employee dies after falling from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was building a block wall while standing on a 6 ft high scaffold at the edge of a second floor. Employee #1 fell off the side of the scaffold to the first floor level and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 66 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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