OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777573
CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee hospitalized after fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sent to a construction project by SOS Temporaries and was under the supervision of the superintendent for U.S. General, Inc. Ten minutes after a rriving on the job, Employee #1 fell 16 1/2 ft from the scaffold that he was wor king from. Employee #1 was hospitalized. Employee #1 appeared to fall after he h ad lifted some lumber. A coworker said that he appeared to tremble before he fel l toward the building. The railing and work platform scaffold were adequate for the job.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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