OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224174
SAFEWAY STEEL PRODUCTS INC
NEWPORT NEWS, VA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED FALLING FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three other employees of a steel products company were erecting a scaffold at the sixth-floor level of a building. All employees had picked up f raming materials from the hoist, and carried them across the completed scaffold sections to the sections still requiring erection. While returning to the hoist for additional materials, Employee #1 stepped on the unsupported end of the scaf fold floor board and the board became dislodged. The employee fell approximately 30 ft to an enclosed stairwell below and sustained a concussion. He died from h is injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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