OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #722223
MOBILE SCAFFOLD,FALL
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on top of a Marklift MR 40G self-propelled mobile scaffo ld at a height of 40 feet. The cribbing beneath the stabilizing legs failed and resulted in the scaffold tilting outward. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were throw n against the building and fell beneath the unit which came down on top of Emplo yee #1, killing him. Employee #2 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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