OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206460
APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH
MEDFORD, OR—
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN 35-FOOT FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
On August 14, 1985, Employee #1 was in charge of building and placing a spire on top of a partially erected church building. He was on the top of the 35-foot hi gh scaffolding when the spire inverted in the sling and struck near the scaffold , startling the employee. The single rail of the guardrail broke, and the employ ee fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained fatal traumatic head fract ures.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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