OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709154

MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL,LOST BALANCE,CONTUSION

1986-04-09T00:00:00

Event: MOBILE SCAFFOLD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,DESCENDING,FALL,LOST BALANCE,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 709154
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee bruised in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was 12 ft above a concrete floor, working from a manually propelled scaffold. He was jumping down from the scaffold frame with a can of paint in one hand when he lost his grip and fell 9 feet to the concrete floor. Employee #1 s ustained bruises to several parts of his body. He was taken to Alta View Hospita l and then released.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
57

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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