OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775452
CLEARANCE,GUARDRAIL,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,GUARD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SPRAY PAINTING,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffolding
Investigation abstract
On May 18, 1989, Employee #1 and a coworker were painting the ceiling of a forme r building supply warehouse. Employee #1 was spray painting while standing on a 10 1/2 ft high mobile scaffold. When the crew came to a low hanging HVAC duct, E mployee #1 removed the guardrails for clearance and continued painting the ceili ng and duct work. He stepped off the scaffold, fell to the concrete floor, and w as killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- 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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