OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470355
SHOWALTER MASONARY INCORPORATED
STATE COLLEGE, PA—
Event description
FALL FROM SCAFFOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS UNLOADING JAM BLOCK FROM A LIFT TRUCK WHILE STANDING ON A SCAFFO LD 17 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE SCAFFOLD WAS ERECTED ON ROOF TRUSSES. THE PLA NKING USED ON THE PLATFORM WAS NOT SCAFFOLD GRADE PLANK. EMPLOYEE #1 DROPPED A J AM BLOCK AND THE SHOCK LOAD CAUSED A STRINGER PLANK. TO BREAK, DROPPING THE SCAF FOLD AND EMPLOYEE TO GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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