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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777573

CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,SCAFFOLD

Event
CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
777573
Report ID
854910

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

  1. #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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