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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823625

WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD

Event
WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
823625
Report ID
352430

Event description

Employee bruised in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 2, 1988, Employee #1, a light installer, was moving from a lower to a higher plank on an approximately 24 ft high scaffold w hen he slipped and fell sideways. He tried to grab the cross bracing but fell be tween the planks. He landed on a scaffold plank that was about 7 ft from the flo or, rolled over, and then fell to the concrete floor. He sustained minor bruises .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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