OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995118

JEFF MCKINNEY PAINT & WALL COVERING

LEXINGTON, KY· 1988-03-04T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, PAINTER, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2785921
Employer profile: JEFF MCKINNEY PAINT & WALL COVERING
Summary number: 995118
Report ID: 452110

Event description

CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM UNSECURED BOARD

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A PAINTER, WAS WORKING FROM A 2 BY 10 INCH WOOD BOARD SUPPORTED ON ONE END BY THE SILL (3 3/4 INCH WIDE) OF A WINDOW AND ON THE OTHER END BY THE WO RK PLATFORM OF A WELDED TUBULAR FRAME SCAFFOLD. HE WAS ABOUT 35 FEET ABOVE THE F LOOR. THERE WAS ABOUT A 30 INCH DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WINDOW SILL AND THE UNGUARD ED SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FL OOR.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Nature of injury
5

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
579

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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