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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694679

STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL

Event
STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
694679
Report ID
355118

Event description

One employee killed, another injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on May 24, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were working on a pump jack scaffold when one of the pump jack poles broke, causing the employee s to fall approximately 20 feet to the ground. They struck the concrete floor an d a cinder block wall. Employee #1 died. Employee #2 was hospitalized with inter nal injuries.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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