OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #849307
DISMANTLING,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,AIR HOSE,LANYARD,FALL,ENTANGLED,TIE-OFF,SCAFFOLD
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
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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