OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709360

ADVANCE BUILDING MAINTENANCE

PROVO, UT· 1986-05-15T19:00:00

Event: WINDOW WASHER, FRACTURE, HEAD, SKULL, FALL, STRUCK BY, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, FALLING OBJECT, SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102106283
Employer profile: ADVANCE BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Summary number: 709360
Report ID: 854910

Event description

WIDOW WASHER FELL FROM SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD; FRACTURED SKULL

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 7 PM ON MAY 15, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN WASHING WIDOWS AT THE 5 0 FOOT LEVEL. HIS WORK PLATFORM WAS SUPPORTED BY A BLOCK AND TACKLE. HE HAD WORK ED HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 30 FOOT LEVEL WHEN HIS WEIGHT APPARENTLY BECAME TOO MUCH FOR THE COUNTERBALANCE HE WAS USING. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THE SCAFFOLD RIGGING FELL 3 0 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE DOUBLE BLOCK STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD, CAUSING AN OPEN DEPRESSED SKULL FRACTURE. HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE UTAH VALLEY HOS PITAL IN PROVO, UTAH.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
453

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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