OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #849307
CUSTODIS COTTRELL INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from creeping bracket scaffold
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 21, 1989, Employee #1 was working from a bracket scaffold at approximately 120 ft, dismantling a chimney. Employee #1 app arently detached the snap hook from the D ring on his safety belt and fell from the scaffold to his death. Coworkers working with Employee #1 did not observe hi s actions, but surmise that he unhooked his lanyard because it became entangled with compressed air hoses.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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