OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547640
ALLIED SHEET METAL FABRICATORS INC
HOMER, AK—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on August 21, 1984, Employee #1 and a coworker were e ll. There were no guardrails were in place on the scaffold. recting a 26 ft high scaffold. The coworker was on the ground while Employee #1 was working from the scaffold. While the coworker was looking for more guardrail material to send up, Employee #1 started to remove some 2 by 4s from around one of the two 4 ft by 4 ft windows in the block wall. He told the coworker to watc h out because he was going to throw down some of 2 by 4s. The coworker turned an d started to walk away from the scaffold when he heard Employee #1's body strike the floor. Employee #1 had fallen head first and was killed. It is believed tha t when Employee #1 started to throw down the 2 by 4s, he lost his balance and fe
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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