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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #975649

FRACTURE,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM,ANKLE,SCAFFOLD

Event
FRACTURE,MOBILE SCAFFOLD,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM,ANKLE,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
975649
Report ID
551800

Event description

Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:50 p.m. on December 14, 1988, Employee #1 was taping a drywal l joint while standing on a 2 in by 12 in. wood board that was on top of a 15 ft 9 in. high manually-propelled mobile scaffold. When he stepped off the board, h e fell to the level, finished concrete floor, breaking both ankles and his right arm.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 31 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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