OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #766030
FAR WEST INTERIORS INC.
CARSON, CA·
Event description
Employee killed in 18 ft fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a foreman, and a coworker, a carpenter, were installing metal wall framing and wallboard in a reception area of an industrial building under constr uction. They were using a scissor lift scaffold with a railing on the back side of the platform. Employee #1 was working from the scaffold and the coworker was at floor level, cutting and handing metal studs and wallboard to Employee #1, wh o then installed the material from the scaffold. When he got to the final wall o f the room, Employee #1 maneuvered the scaffold into position with the railing t oward the wall. While installing materials, he fell 18 ft from the platform and fractured his skull. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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