OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #918516

GUARDRAIL,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,FALL,SCAFFOLD

1989-09-11T00:00:00

Event: GUARDRAIL,CONSTRUCTION,PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 918516
Report ID: 317500

Event description

EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD AND DIES

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 was working from a twenty feet high pump jack scaffold with two oth er employees. The pump jack scaffold was not properly constructed and was improp erly used. The scaffold malfunctioned leading to the fall of all three employees . Employee #1 was killed. The other two employees received minor injuries. The p ump jack scaffold did not have guardrails or mudsills and poles were only secure d at the top. Also, too many people were on the scaffold at one time.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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