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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868992

CARPENTER,FALL,CONCUSSION,SCAFFOLD

Event
CARPENTER,FALL,CONCUSSION,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
868992
Report ID
522300

Event description

FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Investigation abstract

On February 19, 1987, Employee #1, a 54 year old male carpenter, was working off a scaffold at a height of 10 feet above the ground and fell. Employee #1 suffer ed a concussion and was killed from the fall.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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