OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998468
GEORGE W. OLSEN CONSTRUCTION CO.
ST. PAUL, MN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM ON JULY 29, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ATOP A SCAFFOLD IN THE CENTRAL ELEVATOR SHAFT. HE WAS PLACING CONCRETE BLOCKS ON THE WEST WALL. THE LEFT (SOUTH WALL) OUTRIGGER SUDDENLY COLLAPSED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO FALL 40 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT. THE EMPLOYEE DIED IN ST PAUL-RAMSEY HOSPITAL AS A RESULT OF MULTIPLE TRAUMA INJURIES. THE OUTRIGGER WAS FIELD MODIFIED AND N OT ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF ORIGINAL SCAFFOLD COMPONENTS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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