OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549646
MGA INC
NEWPORT, TN—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from scaffold into water
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 26, 1984, Employee #1 was about 50 ft above w ater, sandblasting from a JL6 scissor scaffold, model 35S. The scaffold extended about 12 ft over the edge of a bridge and was tied-off to a railing on the scis sor lift. A missing bolt on the railing caused it to raise up, and the scaffold began to tip. Employee #1 fell backward into the water and was killed. He was no t tied-off.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- 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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