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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709378

GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE,SCAFFOLD

Event
GUARDRAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
709378
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a work platform 18 feet above the ground, packing mud to bric k masons. The scaffold was three frames high and 70 ft long. No railing was prov ided on the back side of the work platform. Employee #1 lost his balance and fel l to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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