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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977454

BEAM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD

Event
BEAM,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SCAFFOLD
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
977454
Report ID
454712

Event description

Employee killed in fall from shoring scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing on a beam side form of a shoring scaffold when the form flipped, causing the employee to fall 40 ft. He died of head injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 51 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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