OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887380
DISMANTLING,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,LANYARD,FALL,LOST BALANCE,UNTRAINED,SCAFFOLD
Event description
Employee killed in fall when lanyard breaks
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was dismantling a multipoint swing-stage scaffold that had been erec marks on it and a rip in the broken portion. The employee had not been trained i n inspecting his fall protection equipment. ted approximately 160 to 165 ft above the ground inside a 40-ft-diameter, 172-ft -high concrete reinforced silo. The employee hit a 2-in. by 4-in. piece of wood on the staging with his hammer but it did not budge, so he pushed it with his fo ot. This caused him to slip and fall to the side. He was wearing a safety belt a nd a 6-ft-long lanyard that was attached to one of the chains that supported the scaffold. His lanyard stopped the fall and he bounced back up to catch his bala nce. When he then fell a second time his lanyard broke, and he fell 163 ft to hi s death. Examination of Employee #1's lanyard revealed what appeared to be burn
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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