OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511000

RON KINNING, INC.

AUSTIN, TX— 1985-07-11T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, BRAIN, UNGUARDED, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100300748
Employer profile: RON KINNING, INC.
Summary number: 14511000
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee killed in fall when scaffold overturns

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on July 11, 1985, Employee #1 was on the platform of a two-section high mobile scaffold working on the second floor of a building und er construction. He was 9 ft above the floor, moving the scaffold by pulling or pushing on structural material overhead. A caster on one of the scaffold's legs rolled into an approximately 18 in. deep depression in the floor. The scaffold o verturned and Employee #1 fell 30 ft over the edge of the building to the ground . According to the medical examiner's report, he suffered a basal skull fracture with massive contusions of the cerebrum. Employee #1 died at 7:40 p.m. in the h ospital.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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