OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997726
METRO ELEVATOR CO INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN HE FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:40 PM ON FEBRUARY 24, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO LAY THE LAST 25 BRICKS ON A CHIMNEY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS WORKING FROM A JOB-MA DE WOOD POLE SCAFFOLD BUILT AROUND THE CHIMNEY. THE PLATFORM WAS 27 FEET, 3 INCH ES ABOVE THE GROUND AND HAD NO RAILING. THE EMPLOYEE HAD NO SAFETY BELT OR LANYA RD, NOR WAS THERE A SAFETY NET OR CATCH PLATFORM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS LAST SEEN ALI VE WALKING AROUND THE SCAFFOLD AT ABOUT 2:30. HE WAS FOUND, DEAD, AT THE BASE OF THE SCAFFOLD AT ABOUT 2:40 PM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 68 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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