OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995118
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,PAINTER,TUBULAR SCAFFOLD
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
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#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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