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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470520

RALPH E JONES INC

Event
FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Complaint
Activity number
#1990068
Employer profile
RALPH E JONES INC
Summary number
14470520
Report ID
316700

Event description

Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was painting roof trusses from a 12 ft 3 3/4 in. high by 10 ft long by 29 in. wide mobile scaffold manufactured by Up Right Scaffold, Inc., of Berke ley, CA. Employee #1 was killed when he fell to the concrete floor and fractured his skull.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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